As a Work Integrated Social Enterprise (WISE), SmartICE hosts interns and co-op students from a variety of faculties including business, engineering, social work, etc. so they can gain valuable work experience and grow their employability skillset.

One of the Founders of UArctic, Anita Lehikoinen, visited the UArctic International Secretariat as she had a speaking engagement at the University of Lapland in the opening ceremony of the university, where she stressed the important role of UArctic and ULapland.

A new set of research internships and scholarships at the University of Northern British Columbia will equip Indigenous students with the skills to introduce respectful, culturally sensitive and collaborative community-based research tools to fellow students using Indigenous and non-Indigenous research methodologies.

UArctic member University of Southern Maine took part in a research trip to Greenland as a part of the project “Maine-Greenland Collaborations", exploring environmental, socioeconomic and cultural changes and challenges facing small coastal communities in south Greenland and Maine.

Energy security in the North remains a challenge for many communities. Increasingly, however, communities are not only participating in energy development but also in knowledge creation, which is crucial in understanding the complexities of energy transitions in the Arctic region. 

UArctic is organizing the 2023 UArctic Rectors' Meeting, in partnership with the Oceanographic Institute, Prince Albert I of Monaco Foundation and University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, in Monaco on January 12-13, 2023.

Saami, General Knowledge and Shared Responsibility – the Tension between Belonging and Interaction. Invitation to an interdisciplinary Nordic conference at Nord University and Nordland Research Institute.

ÁRRAN 360° takes place in Venice from the 26th of August until the 10th of September.

The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) has formed an Expert Panel to identify the key foundational elements required to create an inclusive, collaborative, effective, and world-class Arctic and Northern science system.

Early-career researchers/professionals can apply for a fellowship to participate in the 12th North Pacific Arctic Conference (NPAC) "Taking Stock of the State of the Arctic and Exploring Options for the Future" that is being held in November, and is organized by UArctic member Korea Maritime Institute together with the East-W...

A new exhibit, developed in partnership with Nipissing First Nation, Dokis First Nation, Nipissing University and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh), is now on display at the North Bay Museum, honouring the work of Paul Commanda, the Nbisiiing Guides and their contributions to science. 

The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP) welcomes nominations of new Academy members in 2022.

UArctic member University of Akureyri will host a Law Forum discussing the processes of truth and reconciliation with the Indigenous Saami People of Sápmi and the Kven/Tornedalian linguistic minorities in Norway, Sweden and Finland. The event can be streamed.

The UArctic member University of Iceland, the IK Foundation and the Embassy of Sweden in Iceland are working together to establish an autonomous research station on Breiðamerkursandur.

UArctic Research Chair, Professor Jeff Welker and colleagues have received funding from the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FMoFA) to lead an isotope forensics study of the Arctic’s water cycle at the seasonal transition between winter and summer during sea ice melt into the High Arctic between NE Greenland and Svalbard,...