First invitation 19.8.2009 Tradition and modernity in an indigenous contextNovember 4th – 5th 2009, Diehtosiida, Kautokeino, Norway




ICETECH 10, an international conference and exhibition on ships and structures in ice, to be held in Anchorage, Alaska, from September 20 to 23, 2010. Please refer to the website, www.icetech10.org, for details of abstract submission, papers, sponsorship and more.

On September 10-12 leading experts in the field of Polar Law and Arctic Governance will meet at the University of Akureyri for the second Polar Law Symposium.



Mary Simon, President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and former UArctic Board Member, was featured in the Hill Times on Monday August 24, 2009. Simon gave an extensive interview on many of the challenges facing the Canadian North and the importance of improving capacity-building and strengthening communities in the region....

The University of Tromso has 3-5 research fellow positions in earth observation/remote sensing available, for applicants who would like to complete a PhD. The positions are organized under the Department of Physics and Technology, and the research fellows will be enrolled in the Barents Remote Sensing School (BARESS).

The Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation seeks a Coordinator for its Northern Fellowship Program. The Foundation is an independent charitable foundation focused on strengthening public policy in Canada. For many years, the Foundation has focused much of its grant-making and related efforts on Canada’s far north: The Yukon...

The UA Museum of the North (UAMN) in Fairbanks, Alaska is recruiting an Education Outreach Specialist to collect and record Alaska Native oral histories about the night sky. These recorded stories will be incorporated into the portable planetarium presentations.