University Studies on Svalbard (UNIS) will offer a graduate course on biotelemetry and biologging in the spring term of 2013. The course will run 29 April - 31 May 2013 in Svalbard, Norway, and is suitable for either MSc students or PhD studies.

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) has published a new edition (#38) of its newsletter 'Northern Notes'.

The Arctic Report Cards produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are a source of reliable and brief information on the current state of the Arctic environment. The Arctic Council working groups CAFF and AMAP supported work on the 2012 Report Cards, which detail dramatic changes in the Arct...

Position open in Thule Institute’s Doctoral Program in the research project,."Potentiality of geodiversity information in biodiversity assessments (GEOBIO)." Deadline December 31, 2012. See

UArctic's Board of Governors met together with Ma-Mawi (UArctic's senior management group) in Levi, Finland Dec 8-12, 2012. The work of the meetings focussed on finalizing work plans for UArctic activities in 2013 as well as the development of UArctic's next Strategic Plan.

Linda Pemik of Nunavut Arctic College organized a meeting of the VERDDE network during the recent Circumpolar Indigenous Education Conference hosted by the Nunavut Education Department and the Greenland Education Department in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada Nov 27-30, 2012. VERDDE is a UArctic Thematic Network that promotes and...

The Swedish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council is organizing a side-event, "High Level Dialogue: Arctic climate change – Global Consequences and Arctic Response?" at COP18 in Doha, Qatar, 6th of December 15.30 -16.45 (Room 1). The event is open for conference attendees.

Call for Papers for the North Atlantic Forum 2013, "Rural Tourism - Challenges in Changing Times: Community, Experience, Economy and Environment,"  June 13-15, 2013 Hólar in Hjaltadalur, Iceland. See www.naf2013.holar.is

Following the success of the inaugural Adventure Conference in February this year, West Highland College UHI’s Centre for Recreation and Tourism Research, in collaboration with SportScotland, has announced a call for papers for the 2013 Adventure Conference. The event is scheduled for May 21-23 at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig on the Isl...

The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, in partnership with the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, The Inuit Knowledge Centre, St. Jerome's University and the Trinity-Munk Centre for Contemporary International History, is pleased to host the third annual...

The UArctic Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security is proud to announce the launch of the Arctic Yearbook (AY), the preeminent repository of critical analysis on the Arctic region, with a mandate to inform observers about the state of Arctic geopolitics and security. AY is an international and interdisciplinary pe...

Altogether 17 Nordic PhD and advanced Master’s students participated the multidisciplinary course on security in the Arctic. The course was held in November 12 – 14, 2012 at the University of Oulu, Finland. The teachers included experts on Human and Northern Security: Professor Lassi Heininen (University of Lapland), the l...

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2012. Indigenous persons who are active in caring for and protecting natural areas and cultural/sacred sites are invited to take part in North America's largest professional meeting on protected areas. Held every two years, the George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and...

The Arctic Centre's Arctic Anthropology group arranges regular lectures. The schedule for the fall 2012 is available from their home page.

The Circumpolar Conference on Education for Indigenous People takes place November 26-30, 2012, Iqaluit. The conference is a partnership between the Government of Nunavut and the Government of Greenland. Jan Henry Keskitalo, UArctic's Vice-President Indigenous, will attend the conference. The conference also brings togethe...