MCH is an international two-year Master’s Degree programme concentrating on the special features, questions and challenges related to the health and wellbeing in the circumpolar area. MCH graduates will be awarded a Master of Health Sciences from the University of Oulu, Finland.

The UArctic Office of Undergraduate Studies would like to announce that student enrolment numbers for the Circumpolar Studies program have surpassed the 10,000 mark!

The UArctic Office of Undergraduate Studies would like to acknowledge the participation of a former Circumpolar Studies student in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

The International Barents Secretariat (IBS) in Kirkenes, Norway, is recruiting an adviser for project funding for the multilateral cooperation in the Barents region, and for maintaining the data base on environmental “hot spots”. Financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden for a trial period of one year, the advise...

Toolik Field Station, Alaska The Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program seeks applications from motivated persons who will help support ongoing ecological research projects located at the Toolik Field Station in northern Alaska.

Welcome to the third edition of Arctic Monitor, an online resource providing weekly updates on developments across the Arctic region. Arctic Monitor is circumpolar in scope, reporting on environmental, indigenous, economic and social issues that involve or affect the people of the North.

Office of Polar Programs/Antarctic Science DivisionNational Science FoundationThe Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF), has released the 2010 Antarctic Solicitation (NSF 10-543) for support of projects in Antarctica during 2011-2012 or projects in the United States beginning in early 2011.

University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks a Vice Chancellor for Research. The Vice Chancellor for Research serves as a member of the Chancellor's top management team and, as such, plays an integral role in the formation of the research and academic agenda at UAF.

Special Edition: Frontiers in Open and Distance Learning in the North. Edited by Griff Richards (Athabasca University) and Steinar Thorvaldsen (University of Tromso) The special issue will have its main focus on distance and open education in Arctic communities and Northern regions characterized by remote settlements and extr...

5-16 July 2010 Churchill Northern Studies Centre Churchill, Manitoba, Canada 'Arctic and Boreal Entomology,' a 2010 summer field course, will be held at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre (CNSC) in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada from 5-16 July 2010.

16-26 August 2010 University of Manitoba Wapusk National Park and Churchill, Manitoba, Canada The University of Manitoba is offering a field course entitled 'Wildlife and Ethnoecology of the Manitoba Coastal Region' from 16-26 August 2010.

5-13 July 2010 University of Alaska Fairbanks Dalton Highway (North Slope) and Fairbanks, Alaska The University of Alaska Fairbanks is offering a summer field class on Alaska soil Geography from 5-13 July 2010.