Today a delegation from Canada's Northwest Territories headed by Premier Floyd Roland visited the University of Lapland, accompanied by Canada's Ambassador to Finland, Chris Shapardanov.
IPY 2012 Montreal Conference "From Knowledge to Action"
Wed, Nov 10, 2010
The IPY 2012 Conference From Knowledge to Action is the final conference for International Polar Year 2007 - 2008.
University of the Arctic: Nunavut and Norway share ideas during Cambridge Bay visit
Wed, Nov 10, 2010
As part of UArctic's north2north mobility program, and the Thematic Network on Social Work, the Human Services Program of Cambridge Bay, Nunvaut, Canada hosted Jan-Erik Henriksen and Nina Hermansen, Professors of the Social Work Program of Finnmark University, Alta, Norway.
State Polar Institute in St. Petersburg leads the way in the European higher education market
Mon, Nov 08, 2010
Six of eight Russian higher education institutions have up to now signed a cooperation agreement with social scientists at Bodø University College.
Special Announcement: 2010 Arctic Report Card Update Now Available
Mon, Nov 08, 2010
For further information, please go to: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/
Call for Abstracts: 7th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VII), Akureyri, Iceland, June 22-26, 2011
Mon, Nov 08, 2010
Abstract submission deadline: December 20, 2010 Conference registration opens in January 2011 Website: www.iassa.org
Call for an Arctic university grows louder (Nunatsiaq News)
Sun, Nov 07, 2010
Northern leaders in Canada are calling for the creation of a physical university in northern Canada that could work with the University of the Arctic.Read the full story at Nunatsiaq News.
7th International Summer School in Karelia 2010 Report
Wed, Nov 03, 2010
Organized through the Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security, the final report of the 7th International Summer School in Karelia 2010 is now available online.
Northern Dimension Ministerial meeting praises the good progress made by the NDPHS
Wed, Nov 03, 2010
Northern Dimension Ministerial meeting praises the good progress made by the NDPHS Recent meetings held by the Partnership bring promising results NDPHS Secretariat moves to new premises
Workshop for the EU Arctic Footprint and Policy Assessment (AFPA) project on 18 November 2010 in Brussels
Tue, Nov 02, 2010
The workshop is held at Martin’s Central Park, Boulevard Charlemagne 80, B-1000 Brussels.Registration is open until 5 November 2010.
Arctic Science Summit Week, 27 March - 1 April 2011, Seoul, Korea
Mon, Nov 01, 2010
1. Call for Abstracts 2. Session Announcement; State of Glaciers and Permafrost and Associated Feedbacks to the Climate System 3. Session Announcement; Observing, Modeling, and Prediction of Arctic Change
Arctic Visiting Speakers Series
Fri, Oct 29, 2010
November 2010 Community Lectures Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. For further information on AVS, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/arctic_speaker/index.htmlOr contact: Julie Griswold Email: julie@arcus.org Phone: 907-474-1600
Tundra Research Became a Co-Nordic Center of Excellence
Wed, Oct 27, 2010
NordForsk, which funds co-Nordic research, has awarded Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) status to a research team, led by Ecology Professor Lauri Oksanen. The scope of the NCoE is to study how the negative impacts of global warming on arctic and alpine nature can be minimized.
Call for Papers: "The North Atlantic Connection: Canada and the Nordic Countries," Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, 10-13 August 2011
Tue, Oct 26, 2010
Organizers of the 10th Triennial Conference of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies (NACS), "The North Atlantic Connection: Canada and the Nordic Countries," to be held in Aarhus, Denmark, 10-13 August 2011, invite proposals for presentations on any relevant topic pertaining to Canada and the Nordic countries.
To view articles or to download a PDF file of this issue, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2010/4For further information, please contact: Betsy Turner-Bogren Email: betsy@arcus.org