The theme of the course in autumn 2013 is 'Changing Landscapes of the North - Interactive landscape data visualization and sonification'. The workshop aims to explore and visualize landscape changes in the Arctic and Subarctic in an experimental manner.Deadline for applications: 16 September 2013

Harry Borlase has a long history with UArctic and the North. In March 2013 he was given a chance to put all his northern knowledge and expertise to good use when he was nominated to represent the New Democratic Party of Canada in the Labrador by-election.

UArctic members and their current IT/web service providers are invited to submit offers for the development of the UArctic student website. The full conditions and details of the call are defined in the Request for Tender. The call deadline is June 30, 2013 with successful candidate(s) informed by July 31, 2013. Contact Scott...

The latest Summer 2013 newsletter from the International Arctic Science Committee. This edition focuses on current and planned activities of the five IASC Working Groups.

The 5th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology will be held in Big Sky, Montana (USA) from 8-12 September 2013. This meeting will be a continuation of the highly successful meetings previously held in Rovaniemi, Finland (2004), Innsbruck, Austria (2006), Banff, Canada (2008) and Ljubljana, Slovenia (2011),...

A funded Ph.D. in Tourism Studies and Anthropology is available at the Faculties of Engineering and Natural Sciences and Social Sciences University of Iceland. Deadline: June 14, 2013.

The Human Rights Centre of the United Nations mandated University for Peace is accepting applications for its 3rd Annual Field Course on Indigenous Peoples' Rights that will take place on 5–11 August, 2013 in Costa Rica.

The spring 2013 issue of the Bulletin is posted at http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/polarweb/plc/pubs.asp. Many thanks to all of you who submitted material and to our wizards for posting. Please send articles, comments, announcements, ideas, etc., for the fall issue to us at jebraundallen@uaa.alaska.edu and docarle@u...

In a pre-recorded message, Lisa Murkowski, senior United States Senator from the State of Alaska welcomed participants to the 16th Meeting of the Council of UArctic, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the 2013 Council meeting was held from June 3rd to 5th.

Arctic Frontiers (http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/) holds its 8th annual conference in Tromsø, Norway, from 19-24 January 2014, with the title: Humans in the Arctic. The Arctic Frontiers conference is a central arena for discussions of Arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives from science, politics, an...

The main objective of the competition is to consolidate the effort of the Russian Foundation for Humanities (RHF) and the Research Council of Norway (RCN) in the financing of humanitarian research carried out jointly by scientists in the field of humanities from the Russian Federation and Norway.

The Sámi Parliament of Norway is hosting the Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (the Áltá 2013 conference), to be held in Áltá, Norway, from 8 – 13 June 2013. The Preparatory Conference is organized in cooperation with the Global Indigenous Coordination Group for the World...

For Gunver Justesen mobility is a way of life, and her choices have taken her from studying and working in Denmark to exploring Greenland, Finland and Svalbard.

In its new student recruitment video, the University of Tromsø shows prospective students what it is like to study in the North. Each year, the university welcomes around 500 international students from all over the world to study in English-taught master's degree programs or courses open for exchange students.

UArctic is launching a MobilityDK pilot model, which provides travel support for student, teacher, researcher mobility activities. MobilityDK is a part of the UArctic Danish Mobility Project, the goal of which is to support mobility for the Kingdom of Denmark’s Arctic education activities, and mobility from the Kingdom of Den...