Save the date! Announcing the IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium from 4 Dec 2009 to 8 Dec 2009 in Victoria, B.C., Canada. The Symposium is organized in conjunction with the 2009 ArcticNet Science Meeting, which will be held after the Symposium in Victoria.

The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) will play host to the 17th Inuit StudiesConference, during the last week of October 2010 (dates to be confirmed). The event will be held at the First Peoples Pavilion on the UQAT Val-d’Or campus in Quebec, Canada.

Message on behalf of David Hik, IPY Canada Secretariat Executive Director: Dear IPY Friends, Colleagues and Partners, Today the Canadian International Polar Year Secretariat closes its doors, however the work we have been supporting over the past 5 years will certainly continue

The Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Russian Federation, Arctic State Institute of Art and Culture with the assistance of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is organizing on November 26-27, 2009 in the Yakutsk an International Research and Practice Conference titled “Art education in cultu...

The Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS) is pleased to announce that the first issue of its bi-annual e-Newsletter is now available on the NDPHS website.

Polar Resource BookInternational Program Office for IPYDeadline for Intent to Submit: Monday, 20 July 2009Deadline for Accepted Submissions: Monday, 31 August 2009

Tenure-track Faculty Position Available - MicrometeorologyDepartment of Atmospheric SciencesUniversity of Alaska FairbanksApplication deadline: Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United StatesRenewed Focus for DecisionsGlobal Change Research Program

Characterizing and Modeling Complex SystemsCenter for Complex Systems StudiesUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks2-4 August 2009Application Deadline: Friday, 17 July 2009

The Center for Complex Systems Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is pleased to announce the 4th annual meeting in the Dynamics of Complex Systems, to be held 5-7 August 2009, on the UAF campus.

The Spring 2009 issue of the Northern Review, a multidisciplinary journal of the arts and social sciences of the North, is now available. The issue contains a special collection on the social economy of northern Canada.

The scientific conference of Arctic Frontiers 2010 (27-29 January 2010 in Tromsø, Norway) consists of three parallel sessions that will focus on the effects of ongoing climatic changes on sea-ice and marine biodiversity as well as social science and health research on economy, self-governance, and well-being in Arctic commun...

The State of the Arctic Conference, to be held 16-19 March 2010 in Miami, Florida, will be an international meeting to present, exchange, and discuss the latest knowledge on the state of the Arctic and future directions of arctic science and policy.

The leaders of the Nordic governments will turn to the other countries’ of the world with a view to reaching binding agreement for global climate efforts to be given a prominent position on the political agenda in the years to come. The prime ministers will make a particular effort to build commitment at the highest politi...

Arctic Forum Abstracts 2008 - Tipping Points: The Arctic and Global ChangeArctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS)