The Uarctic Regional BCS Office for the Nordic-Barents Region at Bodø University College was officialy opened with a public opening seminar and signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Arctic and Bodø University College today, April 21 2008.  The MOU was signed by the Rector of Bodø Univer...

Denmark and Greenland have decided to create a climate centre at the Greenlandic University in Nuuk, reports the Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq.

The Aboriginal Policy Research Network, Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, invites the submission of proposals for papers. The papers will be published in partnership with the Institute On Governance as part of the Aboriginal Policy Research Papers series.

The April 2008 monthly report, issued by the IPY International Programme Office is now available.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development has released it's April 2008 edition of the Arctic Future Newsletter. The Newsletter features a number of contribution from past Circumpolar Young Leaders, IISD's internship opportunity for young Canadian Northerners.

The Arctic Coastal Dynamics (ACD) project will convene a workshop to explore development of a coastal erosion model, specific to permafrost-dominated coasts. The workshop will take place on Saturday, 28 June 2008, immediately preceding the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP), at the International Arctic Resea...

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship in biogeochemical and paleoecological analysis of sediment cores from thermokarst lakes in Alaska and Siberia.

Finnish Antarctic Research started 20 years ago. Authors are now invited to submit papers about Arctic and Antarctic research dealing with 20 years of progress as well as their latest results related to the International Polar Year 2007/08. The Congress will be an ideal event to present papers about Arctic and Antarctic resea...

The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) announces publication of the March 2008 issue of the journal ARCTIC, now in its 61st year of continuous publication.

On March 25, 2008 in Yakutsk State University (Yakutsk, Sakha Republic) there was conducted a conference-seminar of students who were on exchange with the north2north Student Mobility program offered by the University of the Arctic in the Fall 2007 term.

"The Riksgränsen Declaration represents a boost to joint Nordic efforts to face up to the challenges posed by globalisation," it emerged from a press conference featuring the five prime ministers and the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers after the Nordic ”Davos Meeting” in Riksgränsen.

An Academic Cooperation Association European Policy Seminar titled 'Exporting education: Europe's role in transnational education' will take place in Brussels, on May 16th 2008.

The University Centre of the West Fjords is pleased to offer a master's program in Coastal and Marine Management commencing in the Fall of 2008. The Program prepares students to engage with one of the most compelling and important subjects today: natural resource management and utilization.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) is accepting applications from Masters and PhD students for travel scholarships to attend the 20th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2008, to be held 13-15 May 2008, in Washington, DC. The theme of this year's meeting is "Tipping Points - The Arctic and Global Change."

The Conference 'Resilience 2008: Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in Turbulent Times' will be made available for viewers over the Web. The Conference takes place in Stockholm from April 14-17. 2008, however more than 40 live coverages of panel discussions, workshops and key presentations will be available via Web TV.