Camilla Hansen, originally born and bred in Stockholm Sweden, has just recently started a new position within the UArctic organisation; Director of UArctic Online Course Catalogue.

First Circulation of the SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference "Polar Research - Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar Year", to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8th - 11th 2008 has been released.

This past week, members and academic leads of the UArctic’s Thematic Networks on Global Change met in Tromsø to organize and develop graduate level curricula. The meeting was very successful, and the teams are well on their way to meeting their fall 2008 target.   

The Faculty of Foreign Languages of the Sakha State University and the University of the Arctic Thematic Network 'World Image of Indigenous  Peoples of the North' hosted the international scientific conference 'Problems of Philology and Cross-Cultural Communication at the Present' from September 27-30, 007 in Yakutsk, the Sak...

Online Registration will close on Wednesday, October 10 for The Arctic Energy Technology Conference, held in Anchorage Alaska from October 15-18.

The symposium will bring together 36 advanced graduate students and recent Ph.D. graduates conducting independent research during the 2007–2009 IPY. Scholars will present and discuss their research to increase awareness of work conducted by their peers during this IPY, establish an interdisciplinary collegial network, and pro...

The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies and the University of Saskatchewan are on the eve of the 8th Annual International ACUNS Student Conference on Northern Studies. The conference, which runs from October 18-21 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada, is on the theme of 'Melting Boundaries: Carrying Out Eff...

In the fall of 2007, Shannon Mallory has found herself on the South coast of Norway. After living almost 2 years in Whitehorse, Yukon Canada working as a GIS Analyst and most recently as a Project Officer for a northern climate change organization, she decided to take an internship sponsored by the International Institute for...

With the beginning of a new academic calendar, comes the start of new adventures for UArctic north2north exchange students. 24 year old Maya Ben-Zur is one of many such students, who is packing their bags and exploring new areas of the Northern world.

The title of summit is “Inuit Ilinniarnirmut Sivummuaningat”, translated into English it means “toward a National Inuit Education Strategy”. This process is being led by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) in collaboration with the Inuit regions as well as Inuit education experts.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) cordially invites you to attend the 2007 Philip Hauge Abelson Advancing Science Seminar Series. This year’s seminar – New Horizons in Polar Science – is scheduled for Tuesday, 30 October 2007 at AAAS headquarters, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.

Knowledge production and management in regional R&D-projects  

In cooperation with the national and international mining and petroleum field, the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) plans to expand its research portfolio with a new academic program: Arctic Energy and Environment.

The Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America (NORTANA) announces an essay contest for North American undergraduate students on the topic "Norway and the International Polar Year."