2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts The 7th International Kastelli Symposium will be held at the premises of the University of Oulu, Finland, on 18-19 November 2010. The main theme of the symposium is “People in a Changing World”. Sub-themes include adaptation of people to changes in society and culture, effect of politi...

The Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PRYN) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) announce that applications are being accepted for a one day Career Development Workshop. The Workshopwill be held Sunday, 12 December 2010 in San Francisco, California, USA. It is being organized in conjunction with th...

As previously announced, higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Nordic countries are welcome to apply for funds to develop joint master degrees under the Nordic Master Programme. In order to apply, HEIs from a minimum of three Nordic countries must collaborate.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that the new Canadian High Arctic Research Station will be located in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.“Through our Northern Strategy our Government is committed to realizing the full potential of Canada’s North” said Prime Minister Harper. “By building this leading-edge research...

The University of the Arctic has decided to engage a part-time (estimated half time, to be negotiated) UArctic Financial Planning and Reporting Manager at one of its member institutions to lead UArctic’s financial management. UArctic members are invited to come forward with proposals to host the position.For more details, ple...

15 graduate students gathered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks / UAF to attend a four-day workshop (Aug 11-14), held in conjunction with the forth UArctic Rectors’ Forum.

ARKTIS –Graduate School´s Guest Lecture August 27th at 14.00 – 15.00 at Arktikum –house, Aurora lecture room

The Government of Canada has published a booklet outlining its Arctic Foreign Policy, which includes highlighting UArctic as an important partner. You can read the entire "Statement on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy: Exercising Sovereignty and Promoting Canada’s Northern Strategy Abroad" on their website, or download the docu...

Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia invites you to participate in the work of the International conference on the agro-industrial complex problems conducted by correspondence.

The University of the Arctic is organizing an information meeting at the Hotel Arctic (http://www.hotelarctic.com/) in Ilulissat, Greenland on Oct 1, 2010, 0900-1200, in advance of the Arctic Council SDWG meeting (Oct 2-3, 2010). Local participants and SDWG representatives are invited and encouraged to attend to learn more...

St. Petersburg on 4-5 October 2010 http://ifea.spbu.ru/ihe

The University of the Arctic's Annual Report 2009 is now available online, which provides an overview of major activities and milestones for the organization in the previous calendar year.

Due to technical problems with the abstract submission system we have extended the deadline for submitting abstracts to Tuesday 10 August. Abstracts can be submitted online at http://nordicadaptation2010.net/

PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from researchers for the fifth year of teacher research experiences. Researchers are invited to submit an application to host a PolarTREC teacher during the 2011 arctic and/or the 2011/2012 Antarctic field seasons. More inform...