Patti Bruns, the newly appointed Secretary-General of the Arctic Mayors Forum, and Tuula Rintala-Gardin, Director of International Relations for the City of Rovaniemi, met with the UArctic International Secretariat at the Univeristy of Lapland on Sept 20.

SIOI – UNA Italy and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Italy, in collaboration with the High North Center for Business and Governance – Nord University (Bodø), launch the International Symposium “The Great Challenge of the Arctic: perspectives and changes for a peaceful cooperation”.

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) Committee on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography is seeking 3 committee members to start service in January 2023.

EU-PolarNet 2 seeks support from the European Polar Community to develop ideas for concrete research activities. 

UArctic member University of Akureyri is facilitating a symposium, "Universities, democracy and the Arctic regions - an alternative worldview" on September 30th.

TELUS World of Science - Edmonton invites you to enter the Arctic Journey Exhibition where you’re not simply reading about the Arctic, you’re feeling it.

UArctic member Alaska Pacific University (APU) is a part of a collaborative effort, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will address water and sanitation challenges in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

In order to hear two perspectives to the same topic, we decided to reach out to one of the international supporters for the Arctic Indigenous Film Fund AIFF: the acclaimed Icelandic actor, director and film producer Baltasar Kormákur.

As a part of the the Permafrost Discovery Gateway (PDG) seminar series, Dr. Ingmar Nitze from UArctic member Alfred Wegener Institut, will provide insight into ongoing work towards the goal to quantify and monitor permafrost region disturbances.

UArctic member Institute of the North and its partners has announced the Arctic Resilient Communities Youth Fellowship (ARC-YF), which is a new initiative to educate and train young community leaders (age 18-23) to both serve a direct role in and benefit from the prosperity of resilient Arctic communities.

UArctic member Hokkaido University has issued a call the governance-financed MEXT scholarship International Graduate Program (IGP)  for October 2023 enrollment.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience and Live It Earth partnered to create a bilingual educational program with supplemental resources featuring climate stories of resilience and adaptations from across the Canadian Arctic.

UArctic member Dartmouth College has announced an upcoming webinar, "Empowering Arctic Indigenous Peoples: Our Role in Addressing Climate Change." The webinar will take place September 20.

Francesca Stoppani, our former intern from the University of Iceland, talks about her experience at the UArctic International Secretariat in Rovaniemi.

Located on the border town of Kirkenes at the Norwegian-Russian border, The Barents Institute at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway seeks to fill a one-year position in border studies and research.