In the end of February 2011 the University of Oulu and the University of Lapland together hosted the meeting of the rectors of the Finnish and Russian partner universities of the Barents Cross Border University (BCBU) network in Oulu, Finland.  In this regular meeting the rectors convene for discussing current issues and cha...

On March 1st, the first day of spring, the Department of Northern Studies of the North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk, Russia) opened a photo exhibition “The Arctic in the camera objective”. The Department of Northern Studies is a young department of NEFU established in 2008.

Five Nunavut Nursing students were awarded this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Bursaries, recognizing their academic excellence and commitment to nursing in Nunavut.

Organizers for the upcoming "Classrooms for Climate: A Symposium on th eChanging Chugach, Northern Ecosystems, and the Implications for Science & Society" conference announce a second and final call for abstracts.The symposium will be held 5-7 May 2011 in Anchorage, Alaska and is organized by the Chugach National Forest a...

The College of Natural Science and Mathematics at the University ofAlaska Fairbanks is accepting applications for graduate studentscholarships in the Atmospheric Sciences. The positions will be based inFairbanks, Alaska.

The University of Tromsø has a research fellow position in biosystematics (botany) vacant from 1st of July 2011 for applicants who would like to complete a PhD degree.

22 year- old Arctic Studies Program student Sintija Dzelme from Riga, Latvia, has found her home in the North. Although Sintija’s background is not Arctic related, she does not regret her choice to come to Rovaniemi at all.

Registration is now open for a variety of field courses and teachertrainings offered by Alaska Geographic. The 3-8 day award-winningcourses explore Alaska's national parks, forests, and refuges, and areavailable in the months of June to September, 2011.

The call for applications for participation in the International scientific conference “Protected areas in the 21st century: state-of-the-art and development perspectives” dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Vodlozersky National Park, which is to take place in Petrozavodsk on June 1-3, 2011, continues. Field excursions to th...

The International Barents Secretariat invites students and young professionals to be part of the secretariat’s team as interns. Serving as an intern at the International Barents Secretariat is an opportunity to expand and deepen your knowledge of the Barents Region, of the Barents Cooperation and the ways an international coo...

A committee formed by the National Research Council to write a report on the Legacy and Lessons of the International Polar Year 2007-2008 requests community input.

The Embassy of Canada in Finland and the Finnish Meteorological Institute invite you to an open seminar on: Arctic Shipping - Climate, Technology and Safety. The seminar is held on Thursday, March 10, 2011 09:30 – 13:00  at the Dynamicum Building, Kumpula Campus Area, Erik Palmenin Aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki.

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.