The newsletter of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) 'Northern Notes' sping/summer issue is now available.

Ten years after its establishment, the University of the Arctic has a Nunavut graduate in its circumpolar studies program: Leanna Ellsworth, who now works with the Inuit Circumpolar Council in Ottawa

The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, in cooperation with the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Nansen ScientificSociety, and the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS), invites applications to a summer school program entitled "Impact of climate change on resources, maritime transport, and geopoliti...

Eight students at the Sámi University College have graduated in the Bachelor of Sámi duodji. They are the first cohort of bachelor students in this degree program.

The Yakutsk State Agricultural Academy under aegis of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation will hold the international research and practice conference «MODERN IT-TECHNOLOGIES: MODERNIZATION OF THE AGRARIAN EDUCATION AND INNOVATI...

Finland's President, Tarja Halonen, sent special greetings to the University of the Arctic on the occassion of its ten year celebrations. The unofficial English translation is followed by the official message in Finnish.

The Spring 2011 issue of Witness the Arctic has been published online and is available here.

The President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, will present a keynote address during the University of the Arctic's 10 Year Seminar on the theme of Green Growth. President Grímsson has been a long-time supporter of the University of the Arctic and the Northern Research Forum. This marks a historic return to the same Fellma...

A meeting of leading international health experts and indigenous leaders from the Far North was hosted by the Dickey Center for International Understanding and its Institute of Arctic Studies on May 23-25, 2011, to discuss the effects of rapid environmental and social change on the health and social institutions of peoples li...

A center for Arctic research opened on Saturday at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University in the Russian northern city of Akhangelsk. About 400 million rubles were spent to buy equipment manufactured by the leading global makers, the university’s press center said.

Organizers announce that registration is available for the 4th Symposiumon the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations. The event will be held 20-22 June 2011 at the Navy Memorial Naval Heritage Center (701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW) in Washington, D.C.

The International Centre for Responsible Tourism Canada, Inc. (ICRT CANADA) will be hosting the 5th International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations (RTD5) in Edmonton, June 27-29, 2011 at the University of Alberta Lister Centre.