The International Centre for Northern Governance and Development (ICNGD) is pleased to provide you with the Apr-May 2012 edition (Vol. 2, Issue 4) of ICNGD News. Please see attached in PDF format.

In her dissertation Master of Education and Master of Philosophy in Indigenous Studies at the University of Lapland, Erika Sarivaara examines the revival of the Sámi language carried out by people who do not match the Sámi definition. In addition, she examines their experiences of their position on the edge of Sámi cultur...

For the very first time, Finnmark University College together with Russian partner universities organized ceremonies for students who have completed Bachelor of Northern Studies. This happened in Murmansk, Russia, where 21 students received their diploma for completed studies.

A Visiting Professorship in Arctic studies at the University of Akureyri, Iceland. Please see the following announcement.

AMAP – The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme is a Working Group under the Arctic Council. Its primary objectives are to “provide reliable and sufficient information on the status of, and threats to, the Arctic environment and its inhabitants, and provide scientific advice on actions to be taken in order to sup...

The University of Aberdeen invites applications for a Research Fellow to join the Northern Colonialism: Historical Connections, Contemporary Lives programme. This new research initiative is part of the University's strategic investment in northern research and aims to foster path-breaking interdisciplinary research on...

I am a 25-years old third year student of University of Lapland who has always been interested in remote places. I’m doing my bachelors in sociology and went to exchange for a spring semester 2012. I did my exchange in North-Eastern Federal University of Sakha Republic.

On June 5-6, 2012 Narvik University College (Norway) hosted the 5th steering group and working group meeting of Kolarctic ENPI CBC Barents Cross Border University Development Project 2011-2013.

The opening meetings of Rio+20 have commenced and the exhibition grounds around the conference have opened, including Athletes Park where the stand of the Nordic Council of Ministers is located. The Rio Pavilion TV Studio that covers the event features an interview on NCM activities in Rio.

The University of Saskatchewan’s International Centre for Northern Governance and Development, in collaboration with the UArctic Thematic Network on Food Security, invites you to participate in their fall 2012 workshop, Improving Food Security in the North: A Workshop on Sustainable Northern Greenhouses. Announcement Poster

Mary May Simon’s first lessons in leadership were at her grandmother’s knee, in front of a warm wood stove. Growing up in northern Quebec, Simon was deeply rooted in her Inuit culture, which gave her a foundation for a future of achievement. See original article: University of Alberta, by Bev Bet...

Elisa Coates is of Caucasian descent and was born and raised in southern Ontario in Canada. The town she lives in ia a suburb of a larger city with 200,000 people, and there are many cities surrounding it that have many people as well with around 500,000 and 300,000. It is an area of many cultural diversities with people comi...

The Council of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) has concluded its 15th meeting, this year hosted by the University of Tromsø. The main message from the meeting is how UArctic is moving ahead to its next phase through the development of a new Strategic Plan 2020. Press Release (PDF)

Politics, Science and Environment in the Polar Regions edited by Mark Nuttall, The Polar Journal 2(1), 189pp.http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpol20/current

Today, during the Council meeting in Tromsø, the University of the Arctic and its member institution the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU) in Arkhangelsksigned an agreement enabling NArFU to manage Russian funding on behalf of the University of the Arctic. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by UArctic Pres...