This event will bring together and engage representatives from various stakeholder groups and sectors, including the mining industry, indigenous peoples, government, and civil society organizations – with experiences and examples shared also from other regions in the Arctic (Canada, Sweden, Norway, Greenland). The panel discu...

Memorial University of Newfoundland's Dr. Trevor Bell and the SmartICE team have been recognized with a Governor General’s Innovation Award for their groundbreaking work on climate change adaptation.

The workshop was held on 13th-14th May in Luleå, Sweden. ​As a result, curriculum of the joint online master course was finalised. The follow-up project gained funding and is to be started in the autumn.

President of Finland Sauli Niinistö is the patron of the Arctic Arts Summit 2019 to be held in Rovaniemi on 3–5 June. The theme of the summit is The Arctic as a Laboratory for Sustainable Art and Cultural Policy.

The project Partnership for Sustainability: Arctic Tourism in Times of Change of the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Tourism develops sustainability of Arctic tourism. The project is funded from the Nordic Council of Ministers' Arctic Co-operation Programme 2018-2021. 

"Visually Provoking: Dissertations in Art Education" is a dynamic collection of visually oriented research about current doctoral studies from international art educators in Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, and the United States of America.

This call for applications is open to PhD students from UArctic member institutions outside Québec working in the field of northern or Arctic research. The goal of this call is to identify six finalists that UArctic will select to represent UArctic and present their work at the Arctic Circle Assembly, held from 10 to 13 Octob...

UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) has published a new peer-reviewed book “Relate North: Art and Design for Education for Sustainability" edited by Timo Jokela and Glen Coutts, published by the Lapland University Press.

Peter Sköld, Chair of UArctic's Board of Governors, presents this report from the recently-concluded Arctic Council Ministerial meeting that took place in Rovaniemi at the conclusion of Finland's chairmanship.

Arctic Arts Summit 2019 - The Arctic as a Laboratory for sustainable art and cultural policy, June 3-5, 2019, Rovaniemi, Finland

The final report of Task Force on Improved Connectivity in the Arctic (TFICA) was officially approved at the Rovaniemi Ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council on May 7, 2019.

Many migratory waterfowl have evolved to synchronize periods of peak nutrient demand, often breeding, with periods of high resource availability. Climate change is creating phenological mismatches between herbivores and their plant resources throughout the Arctic.

UArctic’s Board of Governors, its highest decision-making body, met in Tromsö, Norway from April 26-28, 2019. Hosted by UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Rector and UArctic Board member Anne Husebekk welcomed members for the three-day intensive meeting.

The Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College invites applications for an Evans Family Professorship, to be filled at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level, in Arctic ice, climate, and energy.

The event is part of the official programme of Arctic Science Summit Week. It will be held in the main campus of Northern Arctic Federal University, in Arkhangelsk, on Tuesday 28th May at 14.30-16.00. The meeting room number will be confirmed later.