The Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland is an international research institution and a centre of Arctic communications: www.arcticcentre.org.

The Centre for Mountain Studies is based in Perth, at Perth College UHI, an academic partner of the UHI Millennium Institute, the future University of the Highlands and Islands. We are looking for a Deputy Director, who will play a key role in the Centre, working on all aspects of project development and implementation, an...

Arctic Community Meeting Space Available American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 13-18 December 2009 San Francisco Marriott, Pacific Room J San Francisco, California.

Sami University College celebrated its 20th anniversary in conjunction with the opening of the new science building, Diehtosiida, on November 2, 2009 in Kautokeino, Norway. Sami University College is one of the founding members of the UArctic network.

The Coordinating Council’s regular meeting was held in Moscow, on October 23. Leaders of the regional associations of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East as members of the Coordinating Council participated in the session.

The Arctic Report Card is updated annually in October and tracks the arctic atmosphere, sea ice, biology, ocean, land, and Greenland. The 2009 update indicates that warming of the Arctic continues to be widespread, and in some cases, dramatic. Linkages between air, land, sea, and biology are evident.

UArctic member organizations in Sweden gather in Abisko, Sweden, for two days of meetings to discuss participation in UArctic's programs and coordination of fundraising activities in Sweden.

Following an initiative made by Sinikka Bohlin, President of the Nordic Council and long-term friend of UArctic, the Nordic Council approved an increased prioritization for Arctic research and higher education into the Nordic funding instruments.

This project will develop a virtual classroom, a platform for excellence in distance education giving enhanced and content rich opportunities for on-line discussion and alternative forms of interactive teaching.

“Higher Education Spaces and Places: for Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange” 6-8 December to be held in Riga, Latvia.

Historical and contemporary exchange in the circumpolar north. 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

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) has extended the deadline for submissions to the next issue of the Northern Notes Newsletter. The new deadline is Monday, 2 November 2009.

Tourism of Tomorrow – Why Not Start Today? -seminaari Tiistaina 10.11.2009, klo 12.00–15.30 Matkailualan tutkimus- ja koulutusinstituutissa Rovaniemellä

The University of Tromso Department of Arctic and Marine Biology seeks two Master's students to work on two projects.