MODERNIZATION AND HERITAGE - HOW TO COMBINE THE TWO IN INUIT SOCIETIES? 8th Seminar of the International PhD School for Studies of Arctic Societies (IPSSAS) Kangerlussuaq and Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland)May 20 (arrival) to May 30 (departure) 2011 Hosted by Ilisimatusarfik, the University of GreenlandRead more...

This Fall 2010 Progress edition covers: Arctic Science Exchange and Cooperation in Seoul; From Knowledge to Action in Montreal 2012; State of the Arctic Coast 2010 Scientific Review and Outlook; IASC Kick-Off Workshop; PIC: Stewardship of Polar Data and Information.

(Edmonton) The University of Alberta is celebrating 50 years of polar research with a museum exhibition that shows some of the changes witnessed and documented by the university over the last half century.

PhD Workshop Available: Young Scientist Forum23 January - 2 February 2011 Tromso, NorwayApplication deadline: Monday, 1 November 2010.

The University of the Arctic International Secretariat has hired Emmi Lahtinen as the Communications Assistant for a three months’ internship.

UArctic's Social Work Thematic Network will hold its conference, Supporting Healthy Communities through Social Work, August 14th -16th 2011, in Reykjavík, Iceland. Be sure to visit the conference page for more information, and check the UArctic website later for news and outcomes from the conference. Best wishes to all the co...

UArctic's Social Work Thematic Network is organizing a conference, Supporting Healthy Communities through Social Work, August 14th -16th 2011, Reykjavík, Iceland. Registration and further information is available at the conference page.

Between tradition and modernity Community development in indigenous regions of the NorthFinnmark University College, Alta, Norway October 20-21,2010

Sovereign states, international governmental organizations and the maritime industry should help prepare a uniform policy to regulate shipping in the Arctic region and engage with native populations while doing so, according to a report released by the University of Alaska Fairbanks in collaboration with Dartmouth and the Uni...

The post of Professor of Social Work belongs to the Department of Social Work in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland. In accordance with Section 37 of the Rules and Regulations of the University of Lapland, a person appointed to a professor’s position, filled on scientific grounds, is required to have...

The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is the annual gathering of international organizations engaged in supporting and facilitating Arctic research. The purpose is to provide opportunities for international coordination, collaboration and cooperation in all fields of Arctic science and to combine science and management meetin...

Plesae go to www.arcticfrontiers.com to see the new site.

From the 5th of November to the 3d of December 2010 – exhibition of selected works at the National Art Museum in the Republic Sakha (Yakutia), at the Arctic State Institute of arts and culture and Art Gallery “Urgel”.

In conjunction with the Aspen Institute and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the International Polar Foundation will be hosting an Arctic Futures Symposium in Brussels on the 14th and 15th of October 2010.

Hanasaari – the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Hanasaarenranta 5, Espoo Monday, November 8, 2010,The residents of the circumpolar North are witnesses of rapid change in their surroundings. Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment and the social and cultural landscape of the North. As a result, the Arctic states...