Following an initiative made by Sinikka Bohlin, President of the Nordic Council and long-term friend of UArctic, the Nordic Council approved an increased prioritization for Arctic research and higher education into the Nordic funding instruments.

This project will develop a virtual classroom, a platform for excellence in distance education giving enhanced and content rich opportunities for on-line discussion and alternative forms of interactive teaching.

“Higher Education Spaces and Places: for Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange” 6-8 December to be held in Riga, Latvia.

Historical and contemporary exchange in the circumpolar north. 7th Summer Seminar of the International PhD School for Studies of Arctic Societies (IPSSAS) at the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, and Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 18-29 May, 2010, hosted by the Department of Anthropology

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) has extended the deadline for submissions to the next issue of the Northern Notes Newsletter. The new deadline is Monday, 2 November 2009.

Tourism of Tomorrow – Why Not Start Today? -seminaari Tiistaina 10.11.2009, klo 12.00–15.30 Matkailualan tutkimus- ja koulutusinstituutissa Rovaniemellä