Graduate Studies leads meet in Whitehorse, Yukon and in Fairbanks, Alaska The leads of UArctic’s Graduate Studies strategic area, Dr. Larry Duffy (UAF) and Pierre-André Forest (UoL), met recently to promote UArctic programs and to further plan the develop of Graduate Studies activities.

During the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen, the WWF’s Arctic program will host a “Big Tent” in Nytorv Square in central Copenhagen and the facilities are open to all Arctic-focused organizations that wish to send out their “Arctic” message.

ARTEK is introducing the International Semester in Greenland! This is a chance for students to do their international studies in a northern, extreme environment.

Arctic Centre organises a workshop on community vulnerability and adaptation in Arctic regions, on 25. - 26. November 2009 in Arktikum- house, Rovaniemi. The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss case studies from different parts of the Arctic looking at adaptation to impacts of climate change. The Arctic is a regi...

The board of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) has endorsed the creation of UArctic Institute of Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry as an International Polar Year (IPY) legacy after IPY and IPY EALÁT project .The founding partners of this new institute, located in Kautokeino / Guovdageaidnu, Norway, will include the Assoc...

Finland and the World: Past, Present and Future will take place May 26-27, 2010 at Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel in Thunder Bay, Ontario.  Finn Forum IX is an international, interdisciplinary conference in Finnish, Finnish-North American and Finnish Diaspora Studies, to be held at Lakehead University in 2010. Since 1974,...

The 2010 UArctic Rector's Forum will take place on August 13-15, 2010 at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Members from higher education institutions hold annual / bi-annual Rector Forum's to discuss the functionality of post secondary education throughout the circumpolar countries. For background information on the Universi...

ACA is a European federation of nationally based organizations which promote internationalisation in higher education. ACA produces studies and evaluations, and it organises international seminars and conferences.

7th Summer Seminar of the International PhD School for Studies of Arctic Societies (IPSSAS) at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, and Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 18-29 May, 2010 hosted by the Department of Anthropology.

Application Deadline: Friday, 20 November 2009 For further information, please go to: http://www.arcticcentre.org/vacancies

Dartmouth is seeking applicants for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program in Polar Environmental Change. The program is based in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) For more information, see: http://www.arcus.org/search/seaiceoutlook/index.php

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The Geography Department at the Memorial University of Newfoundland is seeking a human geographer with expertise in the human dimensions of climate change.

The IPY Oslo Science Conference will demonstrate, strengthen, and extend the International Polar Year's accomplishments in science and outreach. The conference is an essential opportunity to display and explore the full breadth and implications of IPY activities. The international and interdisciplinary science conference w...