Saskatchewan, Canada - The University of the Arctic's (UArctic) International Academic Office (IAO) has a new home at Northlands College in LaRonge Saskatchewan.
Sally Webber recently stepped down as Chair of the Council of UArctic, after being chair since UArctic's launch in 2001. Webber shares her experience and memories of her time with the University of the Arctic in her own words.
In 1997, Professor Bill Heal from the University of Durham (Durham UK), was asked by the Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) of the Arctic Council to lead a task force to undertake the initial planning for a circumpolar university. That task force helped bring UArctic into being.