At the IASSA General Assembly on August 25, 2008 during the 6th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI) in Nuuk, Greenland, a new IASSA Council was elected.

IAU 13th General Conference at UTRECHT, 15 - 18 July 2008.A series of interactive Parallel Workshops, allowing participants to engage in more informal debates and showcase their expertise and experiences completed the Thematic Conference Programme.

On Monday September 1 Issue of Nordic News eg. "Call for co-ordinated EU policy on the Arctic  and International focus on Nordic Energy Research"

December 3rd to 7th 2008 several Indigenous and local delegations will travel to Mt. Taranaki Region in New Plymouth in Aoteoroa / New Zealand.

Please be informed that EMECW LOT4 project Triple I has launched its second application round.

 “The NGPR Symposium was amazing. It inspired me to continue to explore interdisciplinary avenues in my research and helped me realize that the future of science, like everything else, hinges on attitudes and abilities of the next generation.” -- NGPR participant

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark.The position require an understanding of issues affecting Arctic Indigenous Peoples, the environment, and sustainable development.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks campus was home to the Eighth Conference of Arctic Parliamentarians Aug. 12-14, 2008. US Senator Lisa Murkowski was the host of the Conference.

IPY 07/08 celebration Congress of Finnish geoscientific studies in polar areas will be held at the Geological Survey of Finland in Espoo, November 12–13, 2008.

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) IPY Higher Education and Outreach (HEO) Office, hosted at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is pleased to announce that the IPY section of the UArctic web site has been updated and expanded.

For an intense week in June 2008, the UArctic Office of Undergraduate Studies in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, hosted a Core Courses Module Authors’ Curriculum Workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to revise and peer review the modules for two Circumpolar Studies Core courses: BCS 311 and 312 Land and Environment of the Circum...

On 8-13 June 2008, two projects from the UArctic IPY Higher Education and Outreach cluster held a joint workshop at International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. At the workshop, K-12 teachers received training in the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded IPY GLOBE Seasons and Biom...

Following is a list of Summer Holidays in UArctic Offices

The International Institute for Sustainable Development is currently recruiting northern Canadian youth to take part in a six-month internship program. Placements are with leading organizations working on northern issues in other circumpolar countries and in southern Canada.

The following is an invitation to the Sámi Cultural Heritage Week from Pauliina Feodoroff, Chair of the Sámi Council.