Having been member of the UArctic since 2006, the University Centre of the Westfjords has established an intensive relationship with the Higher Education Institutions of the high north and is an active part of UArctic.

Several articles have appeared in the Canadian media in reaction to the Canadian government's budget decisions that saw funding for the University of the Arctic drastically cut.

The Arctic Frontiers (AFT) conference is a central arena for discussions of arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives from science, politics, and civil society to share perspectives on how upcoming challenges in the Arctic may be addressed to ensure sustainable development.

Two of the members of UArctic Thematic Network in Indigenous Arts and Crafts, Sami University College in Guovdageaidnu and Sami Educational Centere in Jokkmokk, Sweden have completed a joint education project. The project lasted one acadmic year, from August 2010 to June 2011. It was a 30 credits course in duodji (Sami...

The University of Québec at Montréal hosted the two-day “Arctic in Transition: Regional Issues and Geopolitics” conference. The Centre Jacques Cartier, ArcticNet, and the Northern Research Forum (through the University of the Arctic and the University of Lapland) also helped organize the conference. Its main purpose was to an...

The theme of Arctic Frontiers 2012 is energy in the High North, under the banner of 'Polar Might.' The UArctic EALAT Institute at the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry is preparing a session on impact assessment related industrial development in the Arctic.

UArctic's Thematic Network on Arctic Law, co-chaired by the Arctic Centre's (University of Lapland) Timo Koivurova, has been engaged in a variety of new activities. Professor Koivurova, together with Professor Betsy Baker of the Vermont Law School, will edit a special Arctic issue of the prestigious journal Carbon & Clima...

A special Arctic issue of Nature has now been published, featuring articles contributed by past UArctic Board Chair Oran Young, current President Lars Kullerud, and Lawson Brigham of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the UArctic Institute of Applied Circumpolar Policy. Read more online at Nature.

North- Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov under “The NEFU Development Program” activity 2.25 “Development and Realization of Cooperative Research under Strategic Cooperation between leading Russian and International Universities and Scientific Centres" is organizing an  Interdisciplinary Scientific Seminar: C...

As a follow-up to last year’s highly successful Arctic Futures Symposium, the IPF is organizing the Arctic Futures Symposium 2011 in Brussels, Belgium October 12th – 14th in conjunction with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. UArctic is represented by Lars Kullerud (moderating the session on Natural Resources) and Chr...

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is run by and for early career scientists, and as such the leadership turns over annually to allow people to gain experience in international organizations while still focusing on their research and degrees.

This year annual meeting of BCS coordinators took place in Arkhangelsk at Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU), October  4-5,, 2011. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss possibilities of developing the program to the level of joint degree program and to establish contacts between social science institu...

Given the unique setting and rapid changes seen in the polar environment, the International Council for Science (ICSU) recognizes that now it is more important than ever to re-assert the Universality of Science principle in the polar regions. Research in the Arctic and Antarctic region and bipolar opportunities were th...

Finnmark University College and the Barents Institute, University of Tromsø, offered a joint seminar in Kirkenes at September 30 – October 1. as part of the national program “The Research Days”, initiated by the Norwegian Research Council. The seminar was focusing mainly on research results and presentations from an ongoing p...

Dafna Israel, a current student in Coastal and Marine Management at University Centre of the West Fjords gave a presentation of her current research project on October 5, 2011, which is connected to the UArctic Thematic Network on Coastal and Marine Issues. In her project, Dafna looks at ways to reduce the accumulation...