The Arctic Graduate School (ARKTIS), coordinated by the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Finland, opens a call for six full-time research student positions for different periods between 1.1.2010 and 31.12.2013.

27-29 January 2010 Tromso, Norway

Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway's largest film festival, invites short and documentary films to participate in its sidebar Films from the North.

Application Deadline: Saturday, 31 October 2009

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association, IASSA, invites contributions for the next issue of the Northern Notes newsletter.

The University of the Arctic would like to wish Carolee Buckler, former Project Manager for the International Institute for Sustainable Development and long-time friend of the UArctic, all the best in her new endeavors as the Government of Manitoba’s Department of Education, Citizenship and Youth Sustainable Development Coor...

Issue 18, July - August 2009

On September 10-12 the University of Akureyri in collaboration with the Stefansson Arctic Institute, the Northern Research Forum and the Association of Early Polar Career Scientists hosted the second Polar Law Symposium, bringing together scholars, policy-makers and students dealing with the legal regimes of the Polar regions.

University of Alberta biologist David Hik has reported that to ensure proper understanding of a variety of arctic issues from climate change to ecology, Canada must strengthen its postsecondary presence in the north. September 14, 2009Sean Steels, Senior News Editor, The Gateway

24-29 January 2010 in Tromsø, Norway.

Current State and Challenges for Sustainable Development of Infrastructure October 15-16, 2009 , Helsinki, Finland

'What Happens at the Poles Affects Us All': is the theme of the upcoming Polar Week.

Reconstructing Rural Places in a Globalized World, Advantages and disadvantages of proximity to urban centers.Gargia Fjellstue, Alta: 22-23. October