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...
Summer School “Spatial Issues in Arctic Marine Resource Governance”, 4-6 September 2014, Stockholm, Sweden
Wed, May 28, 2014
The Department of Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark invites participants to a workshop on 4-6 September 2014 in Stockholm, Sweden. The workshop is part of the project Marine Resource Governance in the Arctic, financially supported by Nordic Council of Ministers’ Arctic Co-operation Programme...
Council of UArctic meets at UNBC
Wed, May 21, 2014
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...
Saint Mary's signs MOU with Innu Nation to collaborate on research
Wed, May 21, 2014
Dr. Trudy Sable had just begun a six-day stay to work with the Innu community of Sheshatshiu when the call came to meet with Grand Chief Prote Poker for the official signing of an MOU with Saint Mary's University.
Arctic Fellows Research Symposium & Reception, 30 May 2014, University of Washington
Wed, May 21, 2014
The Canadian Studies Center & Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies (JSIS), in collaboration with their partners – the East Asia Center, Center for Global Studies & Center for West European Studies in JSIS; Anthropology, Scandinavian Studies; Program on Climate Change; UW's Future of Ice; and the UW Libr...
Call for European Fellowships - Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual Fellowships Deadline: 11.09.2014
Tue, May 20, 2014
Call for EUROPEAN FELLOWSHIPS – MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS Deadline: 11.09.2014 In the framework of the Horizon 2020 EU program is announced.
International Summer School ”Social Work from a Global Perspective” starting in Rovaniemi, Finland
Tue, May 20, 2014
The 17th annual International Summer School in Social Work in the Social Sciences, “Social Work from a Global Perspective”, has started in Rovaniemi, Finland. The summer school is held at the University of Lapland on 19 May - 4 June 2014.
International Summer School ”Social Work from a Global Perspective”, 19 May-4 June 2014, Rovaniemi, Finland
Tue, May 20, 2014
The University of Lapland, Faculty of Social Sciences in cooperation with the University of Vermont, Department of Social Work, is pleased to hold the 17th annual International Summer School in Social Work in the Social Sciences, “Social Work from a Global Perspective”. The summer school takes place on 19 May - 4 June, 2014 i...
UArctic members participating in a workshop of the Kolarctic project ArctiChildren InNet
Tue, May 20, 2014
The international project "ArctiChildren InNet - Development of electronic health systems in schools in the Barents Region", supported by the Kolarctic ENPI CBC Programme, has brought together 18 organizations: universities, local authorities and schools, including the UArctic members Northern (Arctic) Federal University, L...
Challenges of the Changing Arctic: Continental Shelf, Navigation, and Fisheries, Bergen, Norway, 26-27 June 2014
Mon, May 19, 2014
The 38th Annual Conference of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia will take place in Bergen, Norway on 26-27 June 2014. The focus of this year's conference is Challenges of the Changing Arctic: Continental Shelf, Navigation, and Fisheries.
Knowledge Generates Business B2B Summer School, 3–17 August 2014, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Mon, May 19, 2014
The Institute of Public Administration and Entrepreneurship of the Ural Federal University invites applications for the summer school Knowledge Generates Business, B2B: Body to Business and Business to Body. Deadline for applications: June 1, 2014.
EU Foreign Affairs Council conclusions on developing an EU policy towards the Arctic region
Fri, May 16, 2014
In their meeting in Brussels on May 12, 2014, the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on developing a European Union policy towards the Arctic region.
Final reminder: Arctic Change 2014 session proposals
Fri, May 16, 2014
This is a final reminder that session proposals for the international Arctic Change 2014 conference are being accepted until Friday, 16 May 2014. The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada and its national and international partners are excited to welcome Arctic researchers, stakeholders and decision-makers t...
On behalf of the Scottish Government, we would like to invite you
to participate in the conference:mailto:lynn.ogilvie@strath.ac.uk Arctic Connections - Regional
Cooperation Networks in the North of Europe. The conference is hosted by
the European Policies Research Centre (University of Strathclyde) and
will take place...
IASC Progress Newsletter: ASSW 2014
Thu, May 15, 2014
Enclosed as an attachment you will find the new
newsletter edition from the International Arctic Science Committee.
In this special issue of its newsletter “Progress”, IASC presents a
summary of the main outcomes of the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW)
2014
and the 2nd Arctic Observing Summit (AOS), which were held in H...