The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research has allotted 800 000 Norwegian kroner to help increase northern activity. The University of the Arctic and other institutions/programs rooted in the north will benefit from this decision.

The Circumpolar Young Leaders program (CPYL) created through the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) seeks youth who are interested in working in the north. Through the CPYL program University of the Arctic International Secretariat (UArctic) has hired Elizabeth Zarpa.

Free-movers, Self-financing free-movers are students applying without link to an UiT exchange partner. Free-movers can be admitted to a number of courses taught in English and study at UiT for a period of 1 or 2 semesters. If proficiency in Norwegian is documented, students can also be given admission to take courses taugh...

ARTEK, the Arctic Technology Centre, is organizing an International Semester, open to university students from around the world. Focussing on Technology and Engineering in the Arctic, the International Semester will be covering topics of Infrastructure (buildings, roads etc.), Energy, and Environment.

The Premiers of Canada’s three northern territories, Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, met in Iqaluit Nunavut on September 5th 2009 to discuss a number of national and international issues of importance to northern Canadian residents.

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.