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Call for Contributions - Northern Notes, Issue 32, Spring/Summer 2010

Northern Notes is the newsletter of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association, IASSA. It is published on the web by the IASSA secretariat twice a...

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

The 1st EU–Russia Innovation Forum

The 1st EU–Russia Innovation Forum will be held on the 25 – 27th of May 2010 in the City of Lappeenranta, Finland. With the strong support of the Prime Minis...

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Student from United Kingdom explores Northern Finland

Emilia Mariaana Battersby grew up in Worthing, on the South coast of England. With Finnish roots on her Mother’s side, she had many opportunities over the pa...

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Arctic Studies Program attracts French Canadian

Jacinthe Briand-racine from Montreal studies social anthropology at Laval University in Quebec City. In her third year she thought it would be a good exp...

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

UArctic Office of Undergraduate Studies hosts “Open Invitation” Circumpolar Studies Information Meeting for Russian Institutions

On Wednesday, February 17, 2010 the UArctic Office of Undergraduate Studies hosted a first of its kind “Open Invitation” for all UArctic Russian member insti...

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

IPY Publications Database - Please report your IPY Publications!

The International Polar Year Publications Database (IPYPD) currently describes 2,900 publications, and provides links to PDF files of most of them. If you ar...

Wed, Mar 10, 2010

Informational Webinars - NSF Climate Change Education Partnership Program Solicitation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released a new program solicitation (NSF 10-54) seeking Phase I proposals for the Climate Change Education Par...

Tue, Mar 09, 2010

Dr Aileen A. Espíritu as a New Director for Barents Institute

The Board of Governors of The Barents Institute is pleased to announce that Dr Aileen A. Espíritu has accepted the position of Director effective 1 March 2010.

Mon, Mar 08, 2010

The University of the Arctic - Social Policies in the High North

Bodø University College, in close cooperation with universities and academics from all countries in the Arctic, offers a 10cr. Course on Master level, named...

Mon, Mar 08, 2010

Student seeks to explore northern Finland through studies

Alexandra Bernhardt was in her third year of studies at University of Giessen in Germany before she left to explore Scandinavia. With a major in geography an...

Mon, Mar 08, 2010

Reminder of Registration - 13th Council of UArctic in Yakutsk, Russia

Please remember that registration for the Council meeting and hotel bookings should be done by no later than March 15th. The thirteenth University of the Ar...

Fri, Mar 05, 2010

Government of Canada IPY Program - Travel Support for Participation at the IPY Oslo Science Conference 2010

The International Polar Year (IPY) Oslo Science Conference (OSC) “Polar Science – Global Impact” is being held June 8-12, 2010 in Oslo, Norway. This conferen...

Fri, Mar 05, 2010

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