Italian and Finnish Arctic experts, researchers and business representatives met in Rovaniemi on Tuesday, March 12th, in a seminar entitled “Italian-Finnish Cooperation in the Arctic Region: A Great Opportunity”. The Seminar was organized by the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Finland under the patronage of the Ital...

The Report from the University of the Arctic’s External Review Team is now available. As part of the process of developing the next UArctic Strategic Plan, an External Review of the University of the Arctic was organized at the request of the Board of Governors. The External Review Team was chaired by Tony Penikett (Canada) a...

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, with the support of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, has designated Patrick Borbey as chair of the Arctic Council’s Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) during Canada’s two-year te...


This week Education Programs, Nunavut Arctic College, hosted Laila Nutti, Assistant Professor of Education at Sami University College, Norway.  During her stay, Laila, presented a lecture to faculty and students at Nunatta Campus, Iqaluit, and engaged in many activities. She visited: the Nunavut Teacher Education Program; Fin...

Days of the Arctic” which took place in NArFU from the 25th till 28th of February were ended by an international webinar. It was aimed at attracting the world's attention to the issues of Environmental Protection, scientific research, education and international cooperation, and the life quality of the peoples living in the A...

Five-Year Arctic Research Plan Released National Science and Technology Council Executive Office of the PresidentTo read the full announcement about the report release, please search for ŒWorking Together to Understand and Predict Arctic Change¹ at:http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/nstcThe report is available...

UArctic organized a meeting at GRID-Arendal, Norway Feb 27-Mar 1, 2013 to plan its future web development, with a special focus on information and services for students, including the UArctic Catalogue. UArctic President Lars Kullerud hosted the meeting, which included UArctic Information Manager Scott Forrest, GoNorth Coordi...

Conference in Khanty-Mansiysk

Thu, Feb 28, 2013
On April, 10 the IX scientific conference named after ethnographer and forester A. Dunin-Gorkavich will be held in Yugra State University, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It’s organized by the Department of natural resources of the Khanty-Mansiysk region. Topics of the Conference are:· Forestry· Ecology and management of nature· De...

This PhD Summer School will be held in association with the NUNA MED 2013 conference in Nuuk. The school will take “Health, Society and Environment in Relation to Large-Scale Industrial Projects” as its theme. Given the prospect of the growth of extractive industries in Greenland, we will explore the consequences and implicat...

 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE'IN THE SPIRIT OF ROVANIEMI PROCESS''Arctic Cities, Global Processes and Local Realities'2-4 December 2013, Rovaniemi, Finland Call for Papers deadline: 5 May 2013Registration: Summer 2013 (Deadline: 7 October 2013) We invite scholars and practitioners interested in presenting in the Conference 'In th...

Italian-Finnish Arctic seminar

Wed, Feb 27, 2013
Italian-Finnish Arctic seminar 26.2.2013      Italian and Finnish Arctic experts, researchers and business representatives meet together in Rovaniemi on Tuesday, March 12, in a seminar “Italian-Finnish Cooperation in the Arctic Region: A Great Opportunity”.  The overall objective of the seminar is to strengthen the Finnish-It...

The Strategy for the Development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and National Security for the period up to 2020 was approved by the President V. Putin last week.The aim of the Strategy is to implement national interests of Russian Federation in the Arctic Region. The Strategy states the priorities of Russia in t...

The Economist Arctic Summit

Mon, Feb 25, 2013
UArctic is proud to be a supporting partner of The Economist's Arctic Summit, March 12, 2013 at the Hotel Bristol in Oslo, Norway. Arctic future-reconciling global, national and community interests. 

Health impact assessment and climate change A PhD Training course May 14 – 16, 2013, Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden Registration opened in February 25th, 2013, deadline April 5th 2013. Number of PhD students for the course is limited to 20. Registration websiteCourse site