The 8th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference & UArctic Inaugural Food Summit will be held from September 29 to October 3, 2013. Already 59 abstracts have been received and accepted for poster presentations along with the presentations of our keynote speakers.

UArctic's GoNorth program hosted a special workshop for members' marketing and recruitment staff in conjunction with the Finnish International Educators Days, held in Levi May 20-23, 2013.

The State University of New York (SUNY) will hold an International Conference on Higher Education Systems in the Global Context: "Building World-Class Systems of Higher Education: Harnessing Systemness & Delivering Performance", July 18-19, 2013, at the SUNY Global Center, New York, USA.

The new issue of UArctic's annual magazine Shared Voices has been released and is now available for download. This year's issue focuses on the lasting impact of mobility and the impact of UArctic’s programs on participating students.

The Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, Toronto; the Consulate General of Canada, Seattle; and the University of Washington's Future of Ice Initiative invite you to the 2012-13 Canada Fulbright Chair Lecture & Roundtable Discussion on the A...

Europe Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, published on Thursday 16th May 2013 the book Arctic Calls – Finland, the European Union and the Arctic Region. The book is written by Head of Science Communications Markku Heikkilä and Science Communicator Marjo Laukkanen, both from the Arctic Centre of the Unive...

Foreign ministers from the eight Arctic states and representatives of the Arctic Indigenous Peoples met on May 15 in Kiruna at the conclusion of Sweden’s two-year Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. “In its two years as Chair of the Arctic Council, Sweden has contributed to strengthening cooperation within the Arctic Cou...

Organisers have extended the Call for papers for the 2013 Arctic Energy Summit: “Richness, Resilience, and Responsibility – The Arctic as a Lasting Frontier” October 8th -10th, 2013 Akureyri, Iceland. In particular, additional proposals from outside North-America are sought.

The Ministerial Meeting of the Swedish Chairmanship will be held 15 May 2013 in Kiruna, Northern Sweden. This meeting marks the end of the Swedish Chairmanship and the beginning of the Canadian Chairmanship. UArctic serves an observer status in Kiruna with president Lars Kullerud and pro-rector Kjell Jonsson from Umeå Univer...

'Arctic Cities, Global Processes and Local Realities' 2-4 December, 2013, Rovaniemi, Finland. Call for Papers deadline: Extended 15 June 2013 Registration: starting June 2013 (Deadline: 7 October 2013). The City of Rovaniemi and the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland would like to invite scholars and practitioners int...

Ross Virginia of the UArctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy at Dartmouth College is one of the authors of an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times, Hands Across the Melting Ice. The article addresses international relations in the circumpolar region in the context of climate change and increased resource extraction.

"Nordic Light"- an art photography exhibition at the heart of beautiful Österlen in Skåne, Sweden at the Bränneriet Art gallery, Södra Björstorps säteri Open May 12 - September 1, 11.00 - 17.00 By Photographer Staffan Widstrand - "There is a special feel to the natural light in the Nordic region", says Staffan Widstrand, "A s...

The President of the University of the Arctic, Lars Kullerud, last week held meetings in Brussels with the European Commission, DG Mare, and the European External Action Services. The purpose of the meetings was to update the Commission Officials on the work of the University of the Arctic in general, and in particular to lin...

GREEN BELT OF FENNOSCANDIA – 2013 which will take place at the Karelian Research Centre, RAS - Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia – in a period between October 7th and 12th, 2013 The Conference is listed on the Key Events Plan of the Environment Year approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. Attached is the Second Cir...