The Government of Iceland in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers host the International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region in connection with the Icelandic Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The Symposium has been rescheduled to take place online on 2-4 March and 8-9 March 2021 due to CO...

The European Commission and the External Action Service have released the summary of the results of the public consultation on the way forward for the European Union’s Arctic policy launched in July 2020 with a view to updating its policy.

Learn about the current status and future of cultural heritage protection in the Arctic region by participating in this virtual event on Friday, January 29, 2021, at 10-11:30 am EST / 4-5:30 pm CET.

The project titled the “Arctic Education Alliance,” is a two-year collaboration among the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Southern Maine, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, and the Greenland Climate Research Centre. The State Department has allocated $1.8 million for...

One of the originators of the idea of the University of the Arctic, O.W. Heal (Bill), has sadly passed away on Jan 17, 2021.

UNESCO and the Scottish Government with the support of the UK Permanent Delegation to UNESCO organise the virtual event: Indigenous Languages: Thriving in a Digital Age on Thursday, 28 January 2021 at 16:00 – 17:30 (GMT).

UArctic Thematic Networks Office welcomes new Thematic Networks proposal by February 28th 2021 to be endorsed for a provisional year by the UArctic Assembly in May 2021. Minimum requirement of partners is three UArctic member organisations (including host organization), it is encouraged though to build a diverse Circumpolar N...

Based at the University of Saskatchewan, CASES is an international research initiative bringing together public and private enterprise, northern and Indigenous communities, utilities, and universities, from Canada, Alaska, Sweden, and Norway. CASES is currently recruiting for one Master’s level student, one PhD and one Post D...

The winter school lecturers will tell about the traditional foods, agriculture in conditions of “double cold” (permafrost and low air temperatures), food security, animal breeding, food storage technologies in the North etc. The winter school will be held online via Zoom platform March 22-31, 2021.

The Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) Thematic Network of the University of the Arctic is pleased to announce the seventh title in the popular 'Relate North' series of books.  Title: RELATE NORTH: Tradition and Innovation in Art and Design Education Editors: Timo Jokela and Glen Coutts

The fourth session of the Arctic Youth Network Webinar Series will explore the biodiversity of Arctic flora and fauna as well as traditional conservation and land-use practices through youth perspectives. The webinar will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2021, at 11:00-12:00 EST/GMT-5.

The Korea Polar Research Institute invites you to the 26th International Symposium on Polar Sciences (ISPS2021) which will take place in Incheon* (from September 27 to 29, 2021). With “Responding to Climate Crisis” as its overarching theme, ISPS2021 invites researchers to discuss how polar science and technology can contribut...

Arctic Online School (winter session) 2021 is organized by North-Eastern Federal University and Northern Forum international organization and will be held from February 22 – March 5, 2021. Applications until February 19, 2021.

In late October last year, thirty students from Norway and Russia (UiT, MASU and PetrSU) participated in the first BANHE course excursion arranged and based at the UiT- The Arctic University of Norway’s campus in Kirkenes, Norway’s border town with Russia. Due to the ongoing Covid-19-pandemic, participants from Russian and Sw...

UArctic Board member Lene Kielsen Holm has sadly passed away on January 10, 2021. UArctic extends our deepest condolences to Lene's family and friends, and the entire Arctic research community that knew her and had such great respect for her work.