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Canada Signs Indigenous Rights Declaration

Ottawa reversed its three-year old opposition to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples saying the government envisions "a futu...

Wed, Nov 17, 2010

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Call for Contributions for Issue 34, Fall/Winter 2010 of Northern Notes, International Arctic Social Sciences Association Newsletter

Submission Deadline: Monday, 6 December 2010 Please email submissions to: Lara Olafsdottir Email: larao@svs.is To view previous editions, please go to: http:...

Tue, Nov 16, 2010

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Student registration open for Master’s level course on Adaptation to Globalization in the Arctic: The Case of Reindeer Husbandry

Climate variability, climate change and the societal/cultural transformations associated with globalization have been, and continue to be, responsible for ma...

Mon, Nov 15, 2010

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Etudes/Inuit/Studies Volume 34, Number 1, 2010 "The Inuit and Climate Change" now available

The most recent volume, "The Inuit and Climate Change," is now available at: http://www.fss.ulaval.ca/etudes-inuit-studies.

Mon, Nov 15, 2010

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New Publication Available - Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska

Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of AlaskaEdited by Aron L. Crowell, Rosita Worl, Paul C. Ongtooguk, and Dawn D. Biddison. Smiths...

Mon, Nov 15, 2010

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NSIDC Notes Fall Issue Available, National Snow and Ice Data Center

The fall issue Number 73 of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) publication is available online. NSIDC Notes is published quarterly in electronic f...

Mon, Nov 15, 2010

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Session Announcement and Call for Papers: Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future - Arctic Science Summit Week 2011

Organizers of an interdisciplinary session entitled "Arctic Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future" announce a call for abstracts....

Fri, Nov 12, 2010

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Session Announcement and Call for Papers: Societal Changes in the Arctic and North-South Relations, Arctic Science Summit Week 2011, 27 March - 1 April, Seoul, Korea

Organizers of a session entitled "Societal Changes in the Arctic and North-South Relations" announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at th...

Fri, Nov 12, 2010

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The Memorandum of Understanding on the UArctic Institute for Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry - UArctic EALÁT Institute Signed

Founding partners of EALÀT Institute; Association of World Reindeer Herders( WRH), Sámi University College (SUC) and Intemational Centre for Reindeer Husband...

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

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The Gargia Conference 2010: Between tradition and modernity

Local community and economic development in Indigenous regions of the North has been one of three main priority areas of the network in 2010. The other two...

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

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NWT Premier and Canadian Ambassador to Finland visit University of Lapland

Today a delegation from Canada's Northwest Territories headed by Premier Floyd Roland visited the University of Lapland, accompanied by Canada's Ambassador t...

Wed, Nov 10, 2010

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IPY 2012 Montreal Conference "From Knowledge to Action"

The IPY 2012 Conference From Knowledge to Action is the final conference for International Polar Year 2007 - 2008.

Wed, Nov 10, 2010

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