The 2011 report of the Working Groups of the International Arctic Science Committees (IASC) has been released. The report is based on a workshop held in Potsdam, Germany, January 11-14, 2011

The pamphlet "Why monitor the Arctic - Services to society from a sustained ocean observing system" by the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission (IOC) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has been released.

Research professor of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (Arctic Centre/University of Lapland) Timo Koivurova cautions' those who think that the ILO-Convention No. 169 will never be ratified in Finland.

On the 24th and 25th of January, 2011, a UArctic mini-seminar entitled, “Structural Changes in Higher Education across the Circumpolar North” was held in conjunction with the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway.

Register now for the PhD training course, People in changing world, to be held in conjunction with the UArctic Rectors' Forum, March 22-26, 2011 at Sámi University College, Diehtosiida, Kautokeino, Norway. See the full course announcement

Dr. Lassi Heininen, Chair of the NRF Steering Committee, presented an overview and comparative study on Arctic strategies and state policies of seven Arctic states in the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region on the 22nd of February 2011 in Tromsö, Norway.

24 year-old Anastasia Emelyanova is the first graduate of the Master's Program Circumpolar Health and Well-being (MCH), awareded by the University of Oulu and developed under the auspices of UArctic. Anastasia is also a northerner: from a northern community, planning on working for her northern community. 

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) has extended its call for applications to its early career research (ECR) workshop in conjunction with the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), entitled "Shaping the Future of AMAP." The one-day workshop will be held on 3 May 2011 in Copenhagen, De...

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) announces a Virtual Poster Session entitled "Post-Arctic Frontiers." The webinar will be held Thursday, 24 February 2011 at 5:00 p.m. GMT.

The AVS program is proud to announce that Mr. Larry Merculieff willtravel from Anchorage, Alaska to the small rural town of Monmouth,Oregon, home of Western Oregon University and the Paul Jensen Arctic Museum. Mr. Merculieff's presentations will focus on Indigenous Elder Wisdom from a variety of perspectives for several diffe...

The Report to the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee “Plan for the Implementation Phase of SAON” has been released containing a proposal on how a Sustainable Arctic Observation Network (SAON) could be implemented.

The Regional Institute for International Cooperation at the Tyumen State University is organizing a Russian Language and Culture Summer School 2011 that will take place in Tyumen, Western Siberia, Russia.

The Social Work Thematic Network has released its February newsletter as well as the minutes of their Amsterdam meeting in February.

The National Ocean Council (NOC) of the U.S. Federal Government isseeking comments from the general public on the development of strategicaction plans to implement ocean policy. One of the nine priorityobjectives is the Arctic Ocean.

The Aspen Institute is pleased to release the final report and recommendations of the Commission on Arctic Climate Change, entitled "The Shared Future: A Report of the Aspen Institute Commission on Arctic Climate Change".