Fulbright scholar Irina Wang joined the CHARTER team during the last year, working from the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, researching in the field in northern Finland, and completing her grant at the design school at Aalto University.

In conjunction with International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the seventh annual international Polar Film Festival in September 2023.

A new call for proposals supporting the Arctic Youth Dialogues has been published! Youth organizations can apply for a grant to engage, empower, and connect Arctic youth with European youth.

The members of the UArctic Thematic Network “Health and Well-being in the Arctic” Prof. Birgitta Evengård and TN Vice-Lead Dr. Anastasia Emelyanova represented Arctic One Health approach and own research at the International Conference “Species on the Move 2023”, that took place on May 14-19, 2023. The travel was funded by th...

The first NAA session, hosted on June 6, will focus on climate change, bringing together expertise from across the North American Arctic to share knowledge about what is happening now, and what more might be done, to support ethical, equitable climate solutions for the Arctic and the world.

During the fourth UArctic Assembly which took place in Québec City on May 22-26, 2023, the UArctic Assembly elected two new Board members.

UArctic welcomes new Thematic Networks which were approved by the UArctic Assembly in their meeting held on 22-26 May, 2023 in Québec City, Canada. 

Accessibility in Polar Research (APR) invites registration for their upcoming webinar, titled Stepping onto the Ice: Supervising, Accommodating, and Supporting Researchers with Disabilities in the Polar Field.

The University of Saskatchewan is honouring Dr. David Natcher (PhD) with its 2023 Publicly Engaged Scholarship Team Award for research that engages governments, Indigenous groups, companies, and multidisciplinary academics in collaborative efforts to address social, environmental, and economic impacts of resource development.

The Government of Canada and the Government of Québec have each announced $8 million in additional funding to complete the financing required to build the Institut nordique du Québec (INQ) science complex.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, gave a video address to the participants of the UArctic Assembly 2023. Watch the full video from here!

The Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health is hosting 18th International Congress on Circumpolar Health in Yellowknife from June 18-20th 2024.

Recently, Jeff Birchall, Lead of the UArctic TN on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience, and his co-author from the University of Alberta published ‘Denial and discretion as a governance process: How actor perceptions of risk and responsibility hinder adaptation to climate change’, with the scientific journal E...

The recording of Professor Tuija Turunen's speech "It's not a miracle: Teacher Education and Teaching in Finland" is now published. The speech was held during the project "Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in a post-Covid-19 New Future" second scholar exchange on April 2023 in Juneau, Alaska.

Applications are open until August 17 for motivated and enthusiastic interns for the fall 2023 who are interested in Arctic matters and willing to acquire knowledge of the Northern region: its environment, people and culture.