Three University Centre of the Westfjords students were among the participants of the UArctic Students' Forum, organized in conjunction with the UArctic Rectors' Forum in Akureyri, Iceland in May 2014. This article by Jennifer Grace Smith shares their experiences.

Hosted by the University of Umeå, Sweden, the 9th UArctic Rectors' Forum will be held August 19 to 22, 2015. The Theme of the 9th Rectors' Forum will be "The Challenges of Arctic Research"

New calls from SIU

Wed, Jun 11, 2014
SIU invites Norwegian higher education institutions to apply for funding for international cooperation through five programmes. Up to NOK 55 million (USD 9 million) will be allocated to Norwegian cooperation with BRICS, North America, the Republic of Korea and Japan.


The Komi Republican Academy of State Service and Administration together with the Institution of Social and Economic and Energy Problems of the North, the Institution of the Language, Literature and History of Komi Scientific Center RAS, Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar Forest Institute (the filial) of St. Petersburg Sta...



A workshop combining science and photography will be arranged at Oulanka research station in Kuusamo between 1.9 – 5.9 2014. The venue is located in the middle of the Oulanka National Park.The workshop is being arranged by the University of the Arctic thematic network ‘Communicating Arctic Research’, also known as ‘SubZero’,...

The 9th Arctic Frontiers conference will be held in Tromsø, Norway, with the title: Climate and Energy, from Sunday 18 January to Friday 23 January 2015. The Arctic Frontiers conference is a central arena for discussions of Arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives from science, politics, and civil society...


Winter Cities Shake-Up 2015

Mon, Jun 02, 2014
An international conference that will shake-up preconceptions about how we plan, design, live, work and play in winter citiesJanuary 28 - 30, 2015 , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The 8th UArctic Rectors' Forum hosted by the University of Akureyri has concluded. The theme of the 2014 Rectors’ Forum was "University Education in the Arctic Regions; flexibility, gender equality and health." The Forum gathered together 46 rectors from UArctic higher education institution members, and invited speakers from...

The 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology will take place in Anchorage, Alaska on August 17-21, 2014. The theme is Global Epidemiology in a Changing Environment: The Circumpolar Perspective, and there will be content specific to Arctic communities as well as several sessions on women’s health. There will also be a free Pr...


The Council of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) has concluded its 17th meeting held May 20-21, 2014 at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Council representatives from over seventy member institutions engaged in lively discussions that will guide UArctic’s operations through the implementation of its ne...