Wed, Apr 11, 2018

Local Summit "Teaching for Diversity and Inclusion in Arctic": Registration open

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Photo by University of Lapland

Local Summit of the Arctic Council’s SDWG project Teaching for Diversity and Inclusion in Arctic - the local context and global perspectives will be held on 8th of May 2018, in University of Tromsø (UiT), Norway. Registration for the event will be open until 18th April 2018.

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education, The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)/University of Tromsø, and University of Lapland organize a local summit for teachers, teachers educators, stake holders, and policy makers to discuss and network with northern colleagues under the theme ‘Diversity and inclusion in teaching and teacher education in the North’. The summit is part of Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working group’s (SDWG) project Teacher Education for Diversity and Equality in the Arctic.

The event will be organized in Tromsø, at the campus of UiT The Arctic University of Norway. There will be a free bus transportation from Rovaniemi, Finland to Tromsø. More information about bus transportation can be found here.

Registration and more information in Local Summit webpage. The registration closes on 18th of April 2018.