Arctic Five Teacher Education project held an interesting and current workshop on September 24, 2020.

The Journal of Comparative Social Work invites you to submit a paper for a special issue on the following topic: Social Work in the Time of COVID-19.

UNITWIN/UNESCO and UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education welcomes a new intern Sara at University of Lapland.

Roundtable "The Role of Universities in the North and the Arctic in the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals" of the 2nd Northern Sustainable Development Forum will be held on September 30, 2020, at 5 PM, Yakutsk time UTC+9. Amid the remaining risks of COVID-19, the Roundtable will be held online.

The five-day intensive virtual seminar is co-taught by Indigenous leaders and science and policy experts from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. The seminar will take place January 18-22, 2021 from 10:30am to 2:00pm ET.

The Center for One Health Research (COHR) of the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been working hard to make learning about One Health accessible to interested people worldwide. The course is offered online for free and it will start on October 5, 2020. The One Health course is open for enrollment now.

Nord University and UiT Arctic University of Norway, with participation from Northern Arctic Federal University NARFU, collaborated in making a pilot exercise for students in February 2020.

Associate Professor Natalia Andreassen and Professor Odd Jarl Borch edit two new books this year within emergency preparedness and crisis management. Both books are a result of the MARPART and MAREC projects coordinated by the High North Center at the Nord University Business School.

The video lecture on social work towards restoration through teaching, learning and practice is produced by the UArctic Thematic Network on Social Work.

The online symposium calls for presentations that delve into power in its different, and potentially disguised/hidden/subdued, forms and manifestations. Deadline for abstracts: September 20, 2020. 

University of Alaska Fairbanks is now offering free, online, short-term courses via edX, a trusted platform for learning. Five Arctic-focused courses are open for enrollment now. 

The UArctic Congress, originally planned for October 2020, will now take place May 15-18, 2021, in Reykjavik, Iceland in conjunction with the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting (May 19-20).

A recent graduate from Aalborg University, Monica Gamba has just started her internship experience at the UArctic Thematic Network and Research Liaison Office, Thule Institute at the University of Oulu, where she will spend the next four months. 

The book presents a comprehensive assessment of climate dynamics and anthropogenic impact on biota, environment and nature management in the Murmansk region - one of the most industrially developed regions of the Russian Arctic - with special focus on changes in the life of the Sami - the indigenous people of the region.