The UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education:The New Dynamics of Higher Education and Research for Societal Change and Development will be held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on July 5-8, 2009. Some 1,200 participants are expected at the event, which was previously organized in 1998.

Summer has arrived! The following is a list of office closures and holiday times of UArctic staff:International Secretariat and President's office: - Outi Snellman: July 19-30, August 3-9- Riitta Aikio: July 4- July 26- Scott Forrest: July 4-July 26  - Lars Kullerud: July 1-August 1- Harry Borlase is working in the Secretari...

A total of 1.45 mill NOK (160.000 Euro) has been given to 8 projects by the University of Tromsø who manages the annual University of the Arctic funding for the Government of Norway. 13 proposals were evaluated by an external evaluator for quality and by 5 independent UArctic evaluators for fit to UArctic values and strategy...

Planning for the Third Annual Jokkmokk Winter Conference 2010 is well underway. This year's theme is on "Changing Climates: The new political and environmental reality for Northern Communities" and will use the December 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) as a basis for discussion and dialogue. The eve...

The University of the Arctic was featured in the newest edition of Global Knowledge: Research Across Boundaries Magazine (No. 1 2009) with Dr. Andy Greenshaw, Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors taking centre-stage. In the article, "Networks for Knowledge", Dr. Greenshaw highlights the importance of Thematic Networks as a s...

The Nordic council of Ministers continues to support UArctic activities by granting 650 000DKK for this year for a new joint project led by Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland. The new Arctic Virtual Learning Tools project joins UArctic and Arctic Portal into close co-operation where new UArctic educational material...

If the health of an organization can be determined by the popularity of its website, the UArctic is doing very well. With a yearly average of over 70.000 visits and nearly 300.000 page views from 45.000 new visitors, the UArctic's virtual activity is certainly drawing some attention.

The III UArctic Rectors’ Forum convened in Khanty-Mansisk, Russia, on 3-5 June, 2009, to discuss partnerships between universities, government and business.

Three colleges in Canada's North are joining forces to push the federal government to help create a university in the Arctic. Yukon College, Nunavut Arctic College and N.W.T.-based Aurora College have agreed this week to establish the legal foundation for a university north of 60.

On May 30th 2009 the Board of Governors of UArctic met with the administration of Sakha State University, Agricultural Academy of Sakha Republic and Arctic College of Culture and Arts Scientific Research Centre as well as national schools of the Republic

Save the date! Announcing the IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium from 4 Dec 2009 to 8 Dec 2009 in Victoria, B.C., Canada. The Symposium is organized in conjunction with the 2009 ArcticNet Science Meeting, which will be held after the Symposium in Victoria.

The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) will play host to the 17th Inuit StudiesConference, during the last week of October 2010 (dates to be confirmed). The event will be held at the First Peoples Pavilion on the UQAT Val-d’Or campus in Quebec, Canada.

Message on behalf of David Hik, IPY Canada Secretariat Executive Director: Dear IPY Friends, Colleagues and Partners, Today the Canadian International Polar Year Secretariat closes its doors, however the work we have been supporting over the past 5 years will certainly continue

The Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Russian Federation, Arctic State Institute of Art and Culture with the assistance of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is organizing on November 26-27, 2009 in the Yakutsk an International Research and Practice Conference titled “Art education in cultu...

The Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS) is pleased to announce that the first issue of its bi-annual e-Newsletter is now available on the NDPHS website.