Blog post: "Reindeer are far more important to the Sámi than most people realise!"

Mon, May 02, 2022

The blog post "Reindeer are far more important to the Sámi than most people realise!" is written by doctoral researcher Tamara Hiltunen on her perceptions on what reindeer mean to the Sámi.

---

Webinar Announcement: High-Resolution Forecasting of Wildfire Activity and Smoke: The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model

Mon, May 02, 2022

The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) announce their upcoming Virtual Alaska Weather Symposium (VAWS) webinar, titled High-Resolution Forecasting of Wildfire Activity and Smoke: The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model, featuring Eric James, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory.

---

Winners of the The UArctic Photo Competition: Arctic Polarities 2022

Fri, Apr 29, 2022

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) and its Arctic Sustainable Art and Design Thematic Network (ASAD) are pleased to announce the winners of its annual photo competition. The theme of the competition in 2022 was Arctic Polarities.

---

Arctic and northern community governance: The need for local planning and design as resilience strategy

Fri, Apr 29, 2022

As part of the activities of the UArctic Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience, Kristof van Assche and Monica Gruezmacher (University of Alberta) will share highlights from their paper which explores northern governance and resilience. The event will be held online on May 16, 2022 at 7:00-8:0...

---

Pigga Keskitalo has been appointed as a professor at ULapland´s Faculty of Education, focusing on Arctic education issues

Fri, Apr 29, 2022

PhD Pigga Keskitalo will start to work as professor in education, especially in Arctic issues at the Faculty of Education.

---

Várdduo seminar at Umeå University invites Professor John Kilbourne on May 3rd, 2022

Fri, Apr 29, 2022

Várdduo seminar invites Professor John Kilbourne, Grand Valley State University, Michigan to discuss "Early Sámi Play & Games: Sustainability & Peace".

---

Call for Applications: Polar Science Early Career Community Office Advisory Board Member

Fri, Apr 29, 2022

The new National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) invites U.S.-based early career polar scientists with a research focus on the Antarctic, Arctic, or high alpine regions to apply to serve on the PSECCO Advisory Board.

---

Conference on Sami Youth Health at UiT postponed to Fall 2022

Thu, Apr 28, 2022

The conference was planned for May 2022, but has been now postponed to Fall 2022.

---

Register now: Effects of the pandemic on the European Arctic and Indigenous Health

Thu, Apr 28, 2022

The seminar will take place on Monday 9 May, 2022 at 13:00 - 16:30 at Black Box, Curiosum. The event will be live recorded and produced by the Umeå University Communications Unit, and will be available both in English and Davvisámegiella (Northern Sámi). 

---

Reminder: Call for nominations for Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award

Thu, Apr 28, 2022

The call for the Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award is open until May 17. This year two prizes will be awarded; one open to anyone (individual or small group) and another specifically catalyzing institutional collaboration in support of innovative action amongst UArctic members.

---

Open call: Women in Aquaculture scholarship program

Thu, Apr 28, 2022

The program offers women the chance to receive a $10,000 scholarship and paid, one-month summer internship on the Kvaroy Arctic salmon farm site in Norway with consideration for employment upon graduation.

---

Building CAS community

Thu, Apr 28, 2022

An online discussion was organized on 27 April 2022 to discuss what critical Arctic studies means, why it is needed, what it is in practice and for whom by the UArctic TN Critical Arctic Studies (CAS).

---

Registration available: SIOS Training Course on Artificial Intelligence in Svalbard

Thu, Apr 28, 2022

The Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) invites registration for a training course on artificial intelligence (AI) in Svalbard. This week-long course will take place 5-9 September 2022 in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.

---

USask ranks 58th among 1,400 universities worldwide in advancing sustainable development

Wed, Apr 27, 2022

USask ranks 58th among 1,400 universities worldwide in advancing sustainable development.

---

Online seminar: New Arctic Sovereignties

Wed, Apr 27, 2022

Join the first event in the online seminar series Indigenous Geographies and Arctic Art, "New Arctic Sovereignties" hosted by Tampere University. The seminar takes on 28 April from 5-6:30 pm Eastern European Time (EET).

---