The Parliamentarians, Chaired by MP Hannes Manninen of Finland, had invited UArctic to give a status report of latest developments and suggest ways for future cooperation between Arctic Parliamentarians.

New Public Exhibition and Website: Hidden Histories of Exploration, Royal Geographical Society, London 15 October - 10 December 2009.

The Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR) met in Helsinki, Finland, on 18 November 2009 to discuss the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and its implication on borders in the Arctic.

A warm welcome to the 39th EUCEN conference to be held in Rovaniemi, Finland on 27-29 May 2010. The major theme of the conference is Lifelong Learning for the New Decade.

Ten students in the Drama 1020 class at Grande Prairie Regional College recently provided a workshop reading of a new play, and the young playwright is now busy working on her next draft. Dani Richard, a student in the new Drama Diploma program at GPRC, entered a playwriting competition last winter, and her synopsis for So...

Abstract submission and registration is now open for the 2010 State of the Arctic Conference!

New Book Available: Pipelines in Permafrost and Freezing Ground, by: Thomas L. White. Permafrost Environmental Consulting A Division of the Linden Research Group

Graduate Studies leads meet in Whitehorse, Yukon and in Fairbanks, Alaska The leads of UArctic’s Graduate Studies strategic area, Dr. Larry Duffy (UAF) and Pierre-André Forest (UoL), met recently to promote UArctic programs and to further plan the develop of Graduate Studies activities.

During the upcoming UN Climate Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen, the WWF’s Arctic program will host a “Big Tent” in Nytorv Square in central Copenhagen and the facilities are open to all Arctic-focused organizations that wish to send out their “Arctic” message.

ARTEK is introducing the International Semester in Greenland! This is a chance for students to do their international studies in a northern, extreme environment.

Arctic Centre organises a workshop on community vulnerability and adaptation in Arctic regions, on 25. - 26. November 2009 in Arktikum- house, Rovaniemi. The aim of the workshop is to present and discuss case studies from different parts of the Arctic looking at adaptation to impacts of climate change. The Arctic is a regi...

The board of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) has endorsed the creation of UArctic Institute of Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry as an International Polar Year (IPY) legacy after IPY and IPY EALÁT project .The founding partners of this new institute, located in Kautokeino / Guovdageaidnu, Norway, will include the Assoc...

Finland and the World: Past, Present and Future will take place May 26-27, 2010 at Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel in Thunder Bay, Ontario.  Finn Forum IX is an international, interdisciplinary conference in Finnish, Finnish-North American and Finnish Diaspora Studies, to be held at Lakehead University in 2010. Since 1974,...

The 2010 UArctic Rector's Forum will take place on August 13-15, 2010 at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Members from higher education institutions hold annual / bi-annual Rector Forum's to discuss the functionality of post secondary education throughout the circumpolar countries. For background information on the Universi...

ACA is a European federation of nationally based organizations which promote internationalisation in higher education. ACA produces studies and evaluations, and it organises international seminars and conferences.