Wellbeing and health in the northern focus was the main topic of the 5th international Kastelli Symposium held in Oulu, Finland, on November 24 -25, 2006. The keynote speakers of the symposium described different aspects of how rapid environmental, social, and cultural changes in the North affect human health and wellbeing.

The Government of Nunavut is hosting a workshop on taking action forclimate change adaptation in arctic communities on 6-8 December 2006 inIqaluit, Nunavut.

The creation and continuous growth of the UArctic has required the collaboration of many influential organizations over the years. Without them, the project called UArctic may have never come to life, let alone grow year after year, welcoming an increasing number of member institutions and students from all over the Circumpo...

Scott Forrest is the Academic Director of the Arctic Studies Program, within the Arctic Centre. The Arctic Centre is part of the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland.

Anna Ushnitskaya had always wanted to see how people outside of Yakutsk dealt with living in the North. Her dream came true when she left for Rovaniemi, Finland, on a north2north exchange.  

Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre expressed his government's continued support for UArctic in a speech he gave at a Standing Committee of Parliamantarians of the Arctic Region meeting in Oslo on November 22.

Barents Education Network is launching a tender for carrying out a feasibility study "Prospects of the Barents Education Network in Formation of the Barents Region Higher Education Area". It is aimed to assist a comprehensive needs assessment for continuous network existence and potential of enlarged network that concerns hig...

Professor Atte Korhola, from the University of Helsinki, gave a lecture at the Arktikum during a visit to Rovaniemi on November 21.

UNEP/GRIP-Arendal  celebrated the opening of their new headquarters, the UN house, on Wednesday, November 22.

The International Cooperation in Higher Education - the High North dimension conference, organized jointly by Bodø University College and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU), will take place in Bodø on February 13-14 2007.

What is social policy? What forms of social policies exists under different political regimes? And how do citizens experience social policies? Such questions were on the agenda of the first 10-point joint bachelor-level course that Bodø University College and Pomor State University run together.  

The European Union Erasmus Mundus-funded GoNorth! project met for a planning meeting at Roskilde University in Roskilde, Denmark, on 15-17 November 2006. The meeting was hosted by Professor Rasmus Ole Rasmussen and chaired by Astrid Revhaug, the project leader for the GoNorth! project as well as the Programme Chair for UArct...

The International Polar Year (IPY) Education, Outreach, and Communication (EOC) sub-committee held its first meeting in Bremerhaven, Germany, on October 19-21, 2006.

Brandon M. Ilgen will replace Jessica Thiessen as Director of the Arctic Youth Network (AYN).

The Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) has published the fifth edition of its newsletter.