Lakehead University has awarded Circumpolar Studies instructor Dr. Michel Beaulieu one of its Young Alumni Awards. Congratulations Michel!

7th International Kastelli Symposium and pre-conference course "People in a changing world" will be held in November 15-19, 2010 in Oulu, Finland.

The host of the 2010 UArctic Rectors’ Forum, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, invites graduate students to accompany their Rector to Fairbanks to participate in a Student Seminar. The theme of the seminar is “Role of Arctic Universities in Addressing Community Problems in the North” and will take place from August 11-14, 2...

The University of the Arctic’s (UArctic) Office of Undergraduate Studies, led by Hayley Hesseln, Dean, and Emmy Neuls, Program Officer, unfortunately have to bid farewell to Tom Novosel, Program Assistant.

This Spring 2010 Progress edition covers: the IPY Conferences in 2010 and 2012; the announcement of the first IASC Medal; new ICSU funded projects; ISC internal news.

IASC is pleased to announce funding opportunities for IASC Networks and Workshops. Proposals can be submitted to the IASC Secretariat at any time using an IASC proposal template.

An information flyer entitled "Exploring Polar Science" is now available for students and early career scientists. The flyer is a shared initiative of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the University of the Arctic (UArctic), the Scientific Committee on...

Alaska has lost one of its greatest resources. Walter J. Hickel, twice governor of Alaska and former Secretary of the Interior, and founder of the Institute of the North. 

A programme for the upcoming PhD seminar focusing on alternative ways of understanding health and healing among indigenous communities in Scandinavia and Eastern Siberia has now been released.

Shell Safety Measures in Arctic Under Scrutiny As Shell plans to start drilling in waters off NW Alaska this summer Alaskan communities and environmental groups argue before a federal appeals court and authorities want to know what additional safety procedures are planned "in light of the Deepwater Horizon disas...

The University of Tromso has a vacant postdoctoral position available for a research fellow in ecological, environmental, or development economics.

The International Arctic Social Science Association is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. The website is hosted and designed by Teikn, a company which also runs the Arctic Portal website.

The Arctic Leaders Summit took place in Moscow on 14-15 April 2010. The leaders, representatives of the Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council, released a declaration at the end of the summit with a variety of recommendations. One such recommendation involves the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) which asked t...

Arctic Frontiers (AFT) holds its 5th annual conference in Tromsø from 23-29 January 2011, Norway, with the title “Arctic Tipping Points”. AFT comprises a policy section and a scientific section. This call for papers addresses the scientific section.