The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force announces its first Public Meeting, scheduled for Friday, 21 August 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska. The meeting will be held in the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center, from 1:30 to 4:30 pm AKDT.

Registration is now open for the IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium. The Symposium is organized by IPY Canada, the Association of Early Career Scientists and the Northern Research Forum and runs from December 4-8 2009 in Victoria, Canada. The Symposium is organized in conjunction with the 2009 ArcticNet Sc...

Organizers of Session A08, "Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snow (OASIS) Interactions in Polar Regions: Results From Recent Field Campaigns," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, in San Francisco, California.

The School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (SFOS) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in Fairbanks, Alaska, invites applications for a postdoctoral research assistant to work with the Ice-Covered Ocean Response to Atmospheric Storms (ICORTAS) project.

Ookpik.org, a growing website devoted to promoting information and opportunities related to the Circumpolar Arctic region for youth, has a new design and plenty of new features. The site is maintained by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and is quickly becoming one of the most popular dest...

The European Centre for Arctic Environmental Research (ARCFAC), in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway invites applications for research proposals within all fields of Arctic environmental research, specifically within the following disciplines:

The Research and Analysis Directorate of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, in conjunction with the Inuit Relations Secretariat, have published a book on Canada's relationship with Inuit. This book provides an overview of the Federal Government's Inuit policy and program development from first contact to 2006.

The Environment and Natural Resources Institute at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) seeks an ecosystem ecologist for a postdoctoral position on a new National Science Foundation (NSF) project with field studies in Northwest Greenland.

Organizers of Session GC12, "Greenland: An Island of Change in the Biological, Physical, and Social Systems," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the American GeophysicalUnion (AGU) Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, in San Francisco, California.

The Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks an enthusiastic and experienced individual for the position of Eddy Covariance Technician. The successful candidate will help manage an ecosystem ecology laboratory and assist research personnel in measurements of ecosystem-atmosphere e...

The International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP) II Marine Roundtable and the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) are organizing a workshop to start the Arctic In Rapid Transition (ART) Initiative. The ART Initiation Workshop will be held at IARC, located at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, 7-9 N...

The OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE): The OECD international forum designed for higher education institutions has released its July 2009 newsletter.

Organizers of Session C11, "Sea Ice Processes and Properties," announce a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, in San Francisco, California.

The Geophysical Institute (GI) and the Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seek applicants for a PhD Research Assistantship. The successful applicant will develop a dissertation with two main components: documenting and predicting ecosystem shifts in response to climate change, and...

European research teams are offered free access (including travel) to the Ny-Ålesund Research Infrastructure in Svalbard, Norway. This is part of the Transnational Access Programme of the European Community FP6.