2009

Summer Program Announcement - Bolin Centre Summer School on Arctic Climate

Tue, Feb 17, 2009

The Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research at Stockholm University, in collaboration with the Bjerknes Research School in Climate Studies at the University of Bergen, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the University of Cambridge, announce a summer program on arctic climate.

New Master's Program Available - Law of the Sea

Mon, Feb 16, 2009

Graduate Student Positions Available - Surface Wind Field Simulations

Mon, Feb 16, 2009

The Department of Atmospheric Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is seeking applications from graduate students whose work will focus on surface wind field simulation and analysis. There is no deadline for application, but the positions are slated to begin as soon as possible.

Former UArctic Intern becomes Youth Delegate for Arctic Council

Mon, Feb 16, 2009

An internship with the University of the Arctic helped northerner Robin Urquhart become one of the first youth delegates for the Arctic Council.

Publication Available

Mon, Feb 16, 2009

The Smithsonian Institution announces a new publication: "Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science: Proceedings of the International Polar Year Symposium (2008)."

Human-Environment Relations in the North

Mon, Feb 16, 2009

Second invite to the seminar February 23-24 2009 Thule Institute, University of Oulu, lecture hall IT116

Call for Applicants: UN Indigenous Fellowship Programme

Mon, Feb 16, 2009

The Indigenous Fellowship Programme (IFP) was launched by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the context of the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples (1995/2004).

Nasivvik Summer Internships in Inuit Environmental Health 2009

Mon, Feb 16, 2009

The Nasivvik Centre, Laval University, is pleased to announce its sixth call for applications for Summer Internship Awards on Inuit environmental health.

Declaration of coexistence between reindeer nomads and the oil and gas industry in the Russian North

Fri, Feb 13, 2009

Representatives of research, reindeer herding, local authorities and industry contributed to a "declaration of coexistence" between reindeer nomads and the oil and gas industry in the Russian North.

UPR, review of the Russian Federation

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

Russia considered at UN Human Rights Council, fails to adequately address indigenous issues

IPY Antarctic University Expedition: February 12-28, 2009

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

The next Students On Ice Antarctic Expedition leaves tomorrow!

Another Successful Jokkmokk Winter Conference

Thu, Feb 12, 2009

"Leadership in the Age of Uncertainty", the second annual Jokkmokk Winter Conference was held February 1-4, in the lovely town of Jokkmokk, Sweden.

Undergraduate Research Opportunity

Wed, Feb 11, 2009

Undergraduate Research Opportunity, Toolik Lake Research SiteBrooks Range, Alaska, 5 June - 25 August 2009Application Deadline: Sunday, 15 March 2009

Call for Papers: History of Circumpolar Science

Wed, Feb 11, 2009

Scientia Canadensis, the Canadian journal of the history of science, technology and medicine, welcomes submissions for a special comparative issue on the History of Circumpolar Science.We invite submissions dealing with Arctic, Subarctic, and Antarctic regions and any national context. Papers from non-Canadianist perspective...

New Program Offering - Master's Program in Polar Law

Wed, Feb 11, 2009

The University of Akureyri (Iceland) announces a new, international, master's program in polar law. Polar law describes the legal regimes applicable to the Arctic and Antarctica. Program emphasis will be placed on areas of international and domestic law concerning the polar regions, such as issues of human rights, environmen...