University of Oulu published a new Gender Equality and Diversity action plan—a GEP for years 2019–2022, which is the seventh in order. The first one was drafted already in 1997. The brochure recaps the current tasks of the gender equality work at the university and it is published today—the national Day of Equality, March 19th.

From kindergartens to universities, schools across the Arctic are going virtual to slow the spread of the corona virus, or Covid-19. [Originally published at High North News]. UArctic will be working with its members and partners to help identify additional learning resources to support the increased need for online teaching.

The Arctic Five universities had their fifth workshop about Joint Masters Course on the Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy on 24-25 February in Umeå, Sweden. The project group has now visited all the Arctic Five universities.

The University Centre of the Westfjords is searching for an energetic individual to fill the demanding role of Director of the master’s program in Coastal and Marine Management.

International Conference “Magmatism of the Earth and Related Strategic Metal Deposits” is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences and 100th anniversary of birth of outstanding petrographer Tatiana Nikolaevna Ivanova. 

On the 3rd of March, 2020, in the hall of the Academic Council of Yakut State Agricultural Academy (further – the Academy), the 1st international seminar “Arctic Food Security” was held. Organizer of this scientific event was the Department of international and interregional cooperation of the Academy.

As part of the activities of the UArctic Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience led by Dr. Jeff Birchall, this seminar will address the meaning of resilience, and the challenges faced by both urban and rural/remote communities.

Arctic Winter School 2020 has successfully completed its work in Yakutsk, Russia. It was held at the North-Eastern Federal University, Yakutsk, Russia from February 25 to March 7, 2020 and was co-organized by the Northern Forum international organization.

Northern Arctic Federal University (Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia) is pleased to announce the II International PhD School “Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context” to be held on 13-20 June, 2020 as a side event of the X International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS Х)

The Calotte Academy 2020 is planned to be organized on 31 May – 7 June (tbc.) 2020 in the European Arctic — Enontekiö and Inari, Finland; Kautokeino, Kirkenes and Svanvik, Norway; and Apatity and Nikel, Russia. 

An open seminar on Indigenous Education will discuss educational contexts of indigenous people in Greenland, Canada and Australia. The second part of the seminar includes the launch of the international book Indigenous postgraduate education: Intercultural perspectives. 

The EU-H2020 funded INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) opens a call for research groups to apply for Trans-national Access to 10 new research stations offering TA in INTERACT III.

The Future of the Arctic Human Population: Migration in the North Conference takes place in Rovaniemi, Finland on 28–29 May 2020. This will be the first ever conference on (im)migration in the cap of the north that is a part of series of activities of UArctic Thematic network on Arctic Migration.

On the 10th of February 2020, the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, in cooperation with the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law, hosted a half-day seminar titled: Infrastructure Development and Sustainable Use of the Arctic Ocean. The seminar was...

Co-Chair Dr. Lisa AdamsAssociate Dean for Global Health and Director, Center for Global Health Equity, DartmouthCo-Chair Dr. Dalee Sambo DoroughInternational Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council The leading medical journal The Lancet has recently established The Lancet Commission on Arctic Health, and it is great pleasure that l...