Health and Well-being in the Arctic

December

• 18th International Congress on Circumpolar Health (ICCH) in Halifax, Canada
• Call for abstracts – IJCH special issue “Culture, Language and Land in Childbirth Practice”
• Apply today: Mentorship program – Thematic Network on Health and Well-being in the Arctic
• Hart Hansen Award 2024 provided to Anastasia Emelyanova

November

• Online meeting of the members of UArctic Thematic Network "Health and Well-being in the Arctic"
• The networking project on healthy ageing and outdoor environment: Mid-term workshop in Copenhagen
• Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future

September

• Nuuk/Iqaluit exchange and Inunnguiniq workshop

July

• International Congress on Circumpolar Health has been rescheduled for November 3-5, 2024 in Halifax, Canada

June

• Norwegian funding for Project Collaboration within the Framework of the University of the UArctic 2024-2026
• The UArctic funded onsite postgraduate course “One Health in Northern Communities and Ecosystems” took place in Norway in June 2024
• Arctic Health related topics were broadly represented at the Arctic Congress 2024 Bodø
• The Arctic Health Network meeting in Copenhagen

March

• The 18th International Congress on Circumpolar Health has been postponed

February

• Registration open for a multidisciplinary, postgraduate 10 ECTS course on One Health in Northern Communities and Ecosystems!

January

• The multidisciplinary course in One Health team meeting: Keep an eye on the student Call to be out shortly

November

• 19th UArctic Danish Realm members Caucus Meeting 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark

October

• The new project on healthy ageing and outdoor environment: Methodology workshop in Oulu
• University of Oulu hosted an exploratory workshop for representatives of three UArctic Thematic Networks

September

• Workshop in Iceland to conclude the three-year Age-Arctic project
• Save the date: Webinar "International cooperation on research on human health and well-being in the Arctic"
• Workshop updates: Circumpolar Maternal and Child Health discussed the ‘Values Based and Culture Informed Health Services and Research in Circumpolar Maternal Health’

August

• Kick-off project meeting to strengthening circumpolar network in Arctic health research
• A workshop to develop the Master’s course in One Health in Northern Communities and Ecosystems

June

• My Northern Journey: Anastasia Emelyanova
• Members of TN in Arctic Health received funding to start a new project in healthy ageing theme
• 2023 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education
• Members of the Arctic Health network at the 'Species on the Move 2023' Conference

May

• TN Arctic Health invites to join the Maternal and Child Health Workshop by Zoom

April

• First high-level WHO mission to Greenland

February

• Announcement: Research and Values Based Health Services and Culture Informed Care in Circumpolar Maternal Health
• Event: University of the Arctic and its thematic networks a platform for Arctic cooperation

October

• Successful completion of the PhD course on Arctic Perspectives on COVID-19
• New comprehensive review of wildlife infections in the Circumpolar Arctic

August

• The successful kick-off of the Nordforsk funded CLINF-Green project
• The application deadline for the Arctic Health related PhD course is extended to September 5 2022 and in hybrid format

July

• "Arctic Pandemics" Arctic Yearbook Special Volume: Call for Abstracts/Proposals

May

• Invitation to the PhD course in Nuuk and Nunamed conference

February

• Call for Abstracts & Proposals: COVID-19 in the Arctic Assessment Report
• Circumpolar Maternal and Child Health Working Group officially created
• "NORRUS-AGE" – Invitation to the Final Workshop of the project on healthy ageing in the Arctic, March 1
• Additional funding to the study of climate effects on human and animal health in the North
• "Ageing in the Arctic" - Closing the project with online conference on February 23
• Team of researchers: Not enough is known about the amount and effects of microplastics on foetuses and children – advice for parents, decision makers and companies

• Inspiring research stay at UiT in Tromsø and Finnmarken
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 10: Health
• NUNAMED 2022: A conference on Greenlandic health and medicine
• PhD course on new technologies and local perspectives in Arctic health research at Ilisimatusarfik completed
• The Arctic Health TN related project on healthy ageing NORRUS-AGE has published the new Policy Brief and digital brochure
• Apply a new PhD course "New Technology and Community Perspectives in Arctic Health Research" 13-15 Nov 2021 in Nuuk and online
• New UAA course on GIS skills for One Health and Public Health Professionals
• A collaborative session of TN Arctic Health on healthy ageing at the ICASS X Congress 2021
• Invitation to submit to the Special Issue "Advances in Climate Change and Arctic Health"
• Scotland’s Role and Contribution in a Changing Arctic Environment – a new Research Network Series

November

• The new project on best practices in healthy ageing: Successful kick-off
• PhD course on participant involvement and ethics in Arctic health research at Ilisimatusarfik has been completed

October

• Online event: Lessons learned from Covid-19 across the Arctic
• The Arctic Youth Network Webinar Series Presents: Wellness, Strength and Balance in a Changing North

September

• Free online One Health course organised by the Center for One Health Research of the University of Alaska Fairbanks

June

• TN Health and Well-being in the Arctic announces a PhD course in Nuuk, deadline September 1, 2020
• One Arctic, One Health Fact Sheet published
• Biodiversity and Human Health: What's a holistic approach to good health?

May

• One Health Master's Degree Program now available online

March

• Anders Koch from TN on Health and Well-being in the Arctic: It is imperative to keep the coronovirus out of the region

January

• Updated program added for One Health, One Future conference in Fairbanks, Alaska

• One Health, One Future Conference 2020
• International Scientific and Practical Conference "HEALTH AS A RESOURCE: V2.0", September 26-27, 2019
• One Arctic - One Health: Project Report
• One Arctic – One Health Conference gathered researchers from the whole Circumpolar area

• PhD Course "Community based health research – methods and strategies", October 2019 in Greenland
• Call for papers: One Arctic – One Health Conference 2019
• The ICCH17 summer school and PhD course in Arctic Health

• PhD Course on Research cohort, Reproduction and Population Trends across the Arctic
• The Joint Master’s Program in Circumpolar Health and Well-being, the Memoirs of a Student
• UArctic renews agreement with the University of Oulu and welcomes new Vice-President Research Arja Rautio
• Summer school in Arctic Health

• International Autumn School «Study of human working capacities in the Arctic»
• Nordic-Russian Cooperation Program 2016 results announced
• One semester master-level program in Nature and Health Science application deadline extended
• Becoming a Research Scholar in Arctic Populations through a Networking Approach
• One semester master-level program in Nature and Health Science
• Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders Programme 2016: Student Experience
• Specialization in Health and Environment in Greenland and the Arctic
• Community Based Participatory Research, Workshop, February 12, 2016
• Thematic Network on Teacher education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education Symposium

• Invitation to contribute: Special issue on Extreme Epidemiology for Public Health
• Life-changing experiences in the North – Testimonials from young UArctic researchers
• UArctic Day at the University of Oulu
• Summer School on Circumpolar Health: Focus on Future Health and Wellbeing, June 6-8, 2015 in Oulu, Finland
• Extended abstract deadline and two PhD courses - 16th International Congress on Circumpolar Health

• Abstract submission for the 16th International Congress on Circumpolar Health

• The First Graduate of MA Circumpolar Health and Well-being reflects on her Studies