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IASC Medal Award 2012

IASC Medals are awarded in recognition of exceptional and sustained contributions to the understanding of the Arctic. A maximum of one award is made eac...

Wed, Nov 30, 2011

UArctic President meets with Sara Olsvig

On Nov 24, 2011 UArctic President Lars Kullerud and Board member Tove Søvndahl Pedersen met with Sara Olsvig, Member of the Danish Parliament for Inuit Ataqa...

Wed, Nov 30, 2011

Economic and Social Impacts of Education in Remote Regions. Scotland-Iceland Knowledge Exchange

Education is power - a statement which applies for individuals as well as for whole regions. But precisely how does knowledge empower a peripheral region...

Fri, Nov 25, 2011

Arctic Frontiers 2012 program updates

Attached you will find the updated policy program for the 6th Arctic Frontiers conference. Learn more about confirmed speakers for the conference p...

Fri, Nov 25, 2011

Spotlight on North-Eastern Federal University

North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) has been long been a leading institution in UArctic, a status further strengthened by the agreement for them to be...

Fri, Nov 25, 2011

Webinar Announcement - 1 December is Antarctica Day

This young tradition, inaugurated in 2010, celebrates the signature of the Antarctic Treaty on 1 December 1959 and the worldwide significance of this lan...

Tue, Nov 22, 2011

SNOWTALKS A PhD Training course on multidisciplinary issues related snow and climate change effects on it

March 19 – 23, 2011, Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden. Course will cover the long-term environmental changes and ecological studies of plants and...

Mon, Nov 21, 2011

Jack Hicks, Nunavut Arctic College (CBC)

Nunavut college offers Circumpolar Studies course free online

For the first time, Nunavut Arctic College is offering a free online university course to residents of the territory.Source: CBC

Fri, Nov 18, 2011

Finnmark University College Board Meeting in Murmansk

“Cross-border cooperation with universities in Murmansk is an important part of the college’s international strategy,” says the new rector Sveinung Eikel...

Fri, Nov 18, 2011

INTERACT Transnational Access Call for Proposals open for Summer Season 2012 and Winter Season 2012/2013

The INTERACT project under EU FP7 has Transnational Access program that offers access to 20 research stations in Northernmost Europe and Russian Federat...

Wed, Nov 16, 2011

"Not the Time to COP Out" - Sheila Watt-Cloutier to give public lecture on global climate change and impacts for local communities

Sheila Watt-Cloutier is giving a public lecture on global climate change and impacts for local communities for the upcoming COP-17 November 29th 7 PM (Atl...

Mon, Nov 14, 2011

The final report of the youth forum “Alive Village” 2011

The UArctic Thematic Network on Local and Regional Development presents its final report of the youth forum "Alive Village" 2011, which took place in the in...

Mon, Nov 14, 2011

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