During the first day of the meeting, UArctic welcomed 17 new members to the network, bringing UArctic's total membership to 187:
- Keyano College, Canada
- Ontario Tech University, Canada
- University of Alaska Southeast, United States
- University of Toronto, Canada
- World Maritime University, Sweden
- Global Health, McMaster University, Canada
- Arctic Initiative, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, United States
- Science Diplomacy Center, United States
- Indian Maritime University, India
- Jilin University, China
- Rashtriya Raksha University, India
- University of Dundee, United Kingdom
- University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
- University of Tasmania, Australia
- Arctic Basecamp Foundation, Netherlands
- Halpin Research Centre, Ireland
- Oxford University Polar Forum, United Kingdom
The UArctic Assembly elected one new Board member and one student representative. The following elections were made:
- Dr. Lesley Brown of Yukon University as member of the Board for a three-year term (2023-2026)
- Viljo Vuorimäki of University of Lapland as Student Representative on the Board for a fixed three-year term (2023-2026)
UArctic congratulates the newly elected Board members and is pleased about the added competence and experience that they bring to our Board.