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.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) is accepting applications for limited travel funds for up to 5 interested arctic researchers or graduate students to participate in networking and mentoring opportunities at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Annual National Co...

Driven by the need to protect the cultures and livelihoods of countries and regions most affected by climate change, representatives of Arctic communities and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have joined in calling for action before it is too late.

The European Union has granted a maximum of four million Euros for the cooperation project Integration, Interaction and Institutions –Triple I that is coordinated by the University of Turku. The project aims to enhance cooperation between the Russian universities and the higher education institutions in the EU member states.

The University of New Hampshire invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate, with expertise in peatland ecology and/or biogeochemical / hydrological modeling.

Live webstreaming of the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) is now available.

The Department of Geology and Geochemistry, at Stockholm University, invites applications for a four-year doctoral studentship in: Carbon Gas Exchange in a Climate Sensitive Subarctic Landscape: Contribution of Lakes to Mire Complex Fluxes.

The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP), hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, from Sunday, 29 June through Thursday, 3 July 2008.

UArctic continues this month to showcase a variety of student profiles from one of its most active members, Sakha State University. In Part 2, meet two more exceptional BCS students, Anastasia Ivanova and Natasha Bochkareva.

The following is a message from Hill-Marta Solberg, Chair of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, released following a UN panel discussion taken place in New York, on June 4 2008.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks invites applications for a research technician 2 position at the Institute of Arctic Biology. The successful candidate will be responsible for the collection and maintenance of environmental data associated with the Alaska Peatland Experiment (APEX; see http://apex.msu.edu/), located near th...

The Arctic Change 2008 International Organizing Committee invites proposals for topical sessions of interest to the arctic research community. Session proposals should identify at least two co-chairs planning to attend the meeting.

On February 28 2008, the University of the Arctic and the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region held a joint seminar in Rovaniemi, Finland on two topics: “Adaptation to climate change” and “Boarders and access to the sea”. Several expert researchers and senior scientists delivered presentations and ba...