1. Call for Abstracts 2. Session Announcement; State of Glaciers and Permafrost and Associated Feedbacks to the Climate System 3. Session Announcement; Observing, Modeling, and Prediction of Arctic Change

November 2010 Community Lectures Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. For further information on AVS, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/arctic_speaker/index.htmlOr contact: Julie Griswold Email: julie@arcus.org Phone: 907-474-1600

NordForsk, which funds co-Nordic research, has awarded Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) status to a research team, led by Ecology Professor Lauri Oksanen. The scope of the NCoE is to study how the negative impacts of global warming on arctic and alpine nature can be minimized.

Organizers of the 10th Triennial Conference of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies (NACS), "The North Atlantic Connection: Canada and the Nordic Countries," to be held in Aarhus, Denmark, 10-13 August 2011, invite proposals for presentations on any relevant topic pertaining to Canada and the Nordic countries.

To view articles or to download a PDF file of this issue, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/4For further information, please contact: Betsy Turner-Bogren Email: betsy@arcus.org

Seminar: "Modernization and Heritage: How to Combine the Two in Inuit Societies," University of Greenland 8th Seminar of the International PhD School for Studies of Arctic Societies (IPSSAS) at Kangerlussuaq and Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland), 20-30 May 2011.

The University of the Arctic presented its report the the Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs) of the Arctic Council at their meeting in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, Oct 19-21, 2010.

Triple I will arrange a one day seminar in Kazan on 27 October 2010 to promote the Russian educational institutes' opportunities for international cooperation. The seminar is open to all representatives of Russian higher education institutions. For more information about the seminar, programme and registration, please go to:h...

REMINDER: International Arctic Conference Registration Open GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES AND EQUATIONS IN THE 21st CENTURY 22-23 November 2010 Lyon, France For further information, please go to : http://canadatogether.hypotheses.org/arctic2010/program-english-version

 "Etudes/Inuit/Studies" is a biannual scholarly journal that has been published since 1977. The journal is devoted to the study of Inuit societies, either traditional or contemporary, in the general perspective of social sciences and humanities (ethnology, politics, archaeology, linguistics, history, etc.). In addition to a n...

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) announces that the fall issue of IASC Progress is available at: http://www.iasc.info/news. Highlights include: - The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2011 in Seoul - IPY 2012 Montreal: From Knowledge to Action - The State of the Arctic Coast Report - Polar Information Commons

Arctic Frontiers (AFT) holds its 5th annual conference in Tromsø from 23-28 January 2011, Norway, with the title “Arctic Tipping Points”. Registration opens soon. All registration will be online via the Arctic Frontiers homepage at www.arcticfrontiers.com.

 It was a true international course. The approx. 25 students came from Cameroon in south to Canada in the north. And the teachers came from Russia, Norway, Canada, USA, Finland and Sweden. The first course on master level in “Social Policy in the High North” was held at Bodø University College the first week of October.

Registration deadline has extended until October 22ndth 2010, so there’s still time to register!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”.