Final Report and Main Findings of the 3rd Workshop of the UArctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy, “Climate Change and Human Security”, September 6 – 8, 2010, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland

The Center for Distance Education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is offering a fall semester online course entitled "Land, Environment, and People in the North." The fall semester begins Thursday, 1 September 2011. The last day for registration is Friday, 9 September 2011.

Introduction to Changing Permafrost in the Arctic LandscapeU.S. NSF Arctic Systems Science Thermokarst Project and Association of Polar Early Career ScientistsWednesdays, 7 September - 30 November 2011 (7:30-9:00 GMT)For further information, please go to: http://apecs.is/permafrost-course-2011

Dear Colleagues, Enclosed please find the first circular for the XXXII SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Open Science Conference in Portland (Oregon), 13-25 July 2012.

The OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) has launched a call for contributions for its General Conference: Maintaining and Sustaining Mass Higher Education, 17-19 September 2012.

The International Permafrost Association has released the second circular for the Tenth International Conference on Permafrost.

We have been working hard over the summer to figure out better ways to connect with you - our members - and help to keep APECS growing. We are happy to present to you the new Membership and Involvement Committee (MIC). This committee was formally the Organizational Development Committee (ODC) but we have revamped it t...

The University of the Arctic International Secretariat has returned back from summer holidays. We are looking forward to  working again with our colleagues from around the circumpolar North. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact secretariat@uarctic.org.

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 30 September 2011 For further information, please go to: http://www.ipy2012montreal.ca

International Centre for Northern Governance and Development Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Comparative Economic Development in the Circumpolar North 

1st Call for PapersFrom talk to action: How tourism is changing the Polar Regions3rd Conference of the International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN)Dates: April 17th-21st, 2012Location: Nain, Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador), Canada

Nunavut Arctic College will soon offer a bachelor degree program in business administration -- the first of its kind in the North -- with help from a donation from the Royal Bank of Canada. The college will work with a university in southern Canada to offer the program, which will specialize in accounting. The program is expe...

The INTERACT program under EU FP7 has Transnational Access program that offers access to 18 research stations in Northernmost Europe and Russian Federation including:

The UArctic International Secretariat wishes to express its most sincere condolences to everyone affected by the recent tragic events in Oslo and Utøya, Norway. We are all saddened by the dreadful events, and our thoughts and prayers go out to our dear UArctic families in Norway.

One-day conference on 4th of November, 2011Hosted by the University of Oslo, Noway.