Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education

• UArctic Board meets in Nuuk

• Highlights from the "Sustainable Teacher Education Empowering Arctic Futures" EAF 2024 Conference
• Recording of two presentations about Faroese language and teaching and Music Education and Language in the Faroe Islands is available
• Blog: From One Island to Another - Canada to Iceland
• Blog: From Alaska to the "navel of the world"- The Faroe Islands
• Blog: The UiT-The Arctic University of Norway delegation visit at University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) and Arctic Encounter Symposium 2024
• Workshop and Panel: "Circumpolar Education Program on Environmental Change and Resilience" at the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024, Norway
• Sustainable Teacher Education Empowering Arctic Futures (EAF 2024) Conference - Call for abstracts is now open

October

• Panel: "Shared Voices: Indigenous Languages and Land-based Education in Higher Education"

September

• New project ACCESS organises a conference on educational sciences on September 18-20, 2024

August

• Blog: From Aberdeen to Tromsø: northern perspectives on/in the north

June

• 2023 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on UArctic Research and Education

May

• Blog: The land of a 1000 lakes nourishes the mind…
• Project DistARCTIC held successful online workshop focused on pedagogical practices in rural education

April

• UArctic's Vice-President Academic Diane Hirshberg recognized as High North Hero 2023

March

• ADVOST project held a four-day conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
• "It's not a miracle: Teacher preparation and teaching in Finland" speech by Tuija Turunen

January

• New open access publication: Education, Equity and Inclusion – Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North
• Webinar "Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in a post-Covid-19 New Future" is now published

• Recording of the panel discussion "Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North" published
• Blog: From Iceland to Scotland: exploring inclusive education across contexts
• "Education, Equity and Inclusion - Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North" book launches were held at the University of Lapland and at the FERA Conference
• Successful funding decision for a new project called “New Northern Pedagogies: Conversations across the Arctic”
• ”Education, Equity and Inclusion – Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North” book launch on 21st November at the University of Lapland
• Project progress: The ConnectED Project
• Arctic Five Education project held workshop in Tromsø
• Introducing the UArctic Chair Tuija Turunen

November

• Online course “Arctic Inclusive Education” on spring term 2022 – registration is now open
• UArctic Project Call Results 2021 for Cooperation Activities on Research, Education and Outreach
• New staff person started at the UArctic International Secretariat
• 2021 UArctic Project Call Results for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education

September

• Online event: Nordic Dialogues - COVID-19 as a challenge for leadership in schools

August

• Network webinar on advancing small children’s voice and agency
• IPED project organised a successful workshop on the future of Sámi education
• Two new project grants awarded to UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education

July

• Successful funding decision for Global Media Education project

June

• Thematic Network on Teacher Education's Newsletter is out
• Online workshop: Árran and Uvssot: Contents and visions for future Sámi education

May

• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education held three sessions on UArctic Congress
• The first completed pilot course brought the Arctic Five project together to discuss the future steps
• Thematic Networks interviews series, part 2: Focus on Education
• Project IPED held an online workshop Árran on contemporary Saami education and its research needs
• The Morning Watch journal published a special issue on Education in the Circumpolar North

April

• The ADVOST project held an inspiring two-day workshop discussing children's voice and story
• Arctic Five project group gathered together to develop joint online study course

March

• Successful Thematic Network on Teacher Education Symposium at Arctic Science Summit Week 2021
• Teacher Education Network webinar on Arctic polar vortex - Recording now published
• Online workshop "The achievements, advancement and recognition of Sámi education" - Registration is now open!
• Network webinar on science in classroom

February

• Save the date: Online workshop on Sámi education
• Open position at University of Lapland: Professor of Education with focus on Arctic perspectives
• Project ADVOST published an article about teachers experiences in the frontline of the COVID pandemic

December

• The newest Thematic Network on Teacher Education newsletter published

November

• Online Conference “Education, Equity and Inclusion: Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North” held successfully – the recordings now available!
• Workshop brought researchers together to talk about indigenizing education

October

• Arctic Five Education project group moving towards piloting the joint study course - Course website launched!
• UArctic Teacher Education Network invites presentation abstracts to a session in ASSW2021 - Call for Abstracts open now
• Project IPED invites participants in online workshop on Indigenizing education - Registration is now open
• New project on distance teaching and learning - successful kick-off
• Network webinar on Pre-Service Teachers’ Experiences of Learning to Enact Inclusive Pedagogy
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education held its first network development meeting

September

• Arctic Five Workshop: Remote Learning and Strategies for Success
• A new intern joins UNITWIN/UNESCO Network and UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education

August

• Save the date: Online workshop on indigenizing education
• Thematic Network on Teacher Education Newsletter August 2020 published

July

• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity celebrates 5 years

June

• TN on Teacher Education: First blog post in the network blog published

May

• A new webinar recording available: embedded ePortfolio in a Bachelor of Education

April

• Open webinar: Embedded ePortfolio in a Bachelor of Education
• Webinar on Greenlandic primary school system - Recording available
• Seminar and book launch event on Indigenous Pedagogy held at University of Lapland - Recording available

March

• Open webinar: Inside the classroom - research perspectives on learning situations in the Greenlandic primary schoolsystem
• Umeå University hosted the fifth Arctic Five workshop
• Open seminar on Indigenous Languages at University of Lapland

February

• Local Summit “Contemporary Issues in Education in Multicultural North” held in Levanger and Sjodal, Norway

November

• Funding has been granted for research workshops on Indigenous Pedagogy in Teacher Education
• Summit "Contemporary Issues in Education in Multicultural North" - Registration open
• Successful funding decision for research project on inclusion and agency of young children
• Round table discussion "Do you speak my language?" - Speakers now published

October

• Recording of the Webinar on Indigenous Language Education in Canada is now available

September

• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education organizes a session “Do you speak my language?” in FERA conference

June

• Newsletter of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education published in new format

May

• The third Arctic5 workshop concluded the successful "Joint Online Master Course on the Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy" project
• Programme of the event "Including the North: Indigenous Languages and Inclusion Policies in Education" at ASSW 2019 is now published
• Arctic Council SDWG project "Teacher Education for Diversity and Equality in the Arctic" concludes with great achievements

April

• Recording of the webinar "Sustaining an endangered language through initial teacher education. The Māori language experience in New Zealand" now available
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education held a successful Conference "Developing an Inclusive School"
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education organizes a Webinar: "Sustaining an endangered language through initial teacher education"
• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education launched a new publication

March

• Side event “Including the North: Indigenous Languages and Inclusion Policies in Education” at ASSW 2019

February

• Registration open for Developing an Inclusive School conference in Rovaniemi, March 26-27, 2019
• Arctic5 Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy Workshop held at the University of Lapland

December

• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education releases a newsletter
• University of Lapland joins the International Year of Indigenous Languages

November

• Thematic Network Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education teaches Finnish pedagogy in Lebanon

October

• Thematic Network on Teacher Education hosts a webinar on Leading Change Towards Indigenising Academies
• A special edition of Education in the North has been published
• Side event on Indigenous Languages in Urbanized areas drew attention at UArctic Congress 2018
• Thematic Network on Teacher Education to develop a joint Online Study Course on Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy

August

• Thematic network on Teacher Education works towards a common Nordic Master’s Degree Programme

June

• TN Teacher Education released a newsletter

May

• The UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education organizes a webinar on inclusive education in Finnish education system
• Side event "Indigenous Languages in Urbanized Area" to be organized in UArctic Congress 2018

April

• Video of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland presents teacher education in the Arctic
• Local Summit "Teaching for Diversity and Inclusion in Arctic": Registration open
• Murmansk Arctic State University signs cooperation agreement with University of Lapland

March

• Local Summit "Teaching for Diversity and Inclusion in Arctic" on May in Tromsø, Norway

January

• News from the UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education

December

• UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education to become first Finnish UNESCO UNITWIN network

November

• Symposium "Teacher Education of the Arctic region: Diversity and Identity in the North"
• UArctic representation at Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference

October

• Open Online Seminar on Inuit Knowledge in a Teacher Education Program

September

• UArctic becomes UNESCO partner organization
• UArctic organizing partner in High Altitudes Meet High latitudes: Globalizing Polar Issues
• Extended call for abstracts for Education in the North Special Issue

August

• Symposium on teacher education in the Arctic, 27-28 Nov 2017 in Rovaniemi, Finland

June

• Call for papers: Education in the North special issue

May

• Finland announces program for Arctic Council chairmanship period

April

• Teacher education project receives SDWG endorsement

March

• Online seminar: Diversity in Learning

• 2nd symposium of TN Teacher Education
• Online Seminar: Education for Social Justice in Scotland, 20 June 2016
• Online Seminar on Indigenous Teaching & Education, 8 Feb 2016
• Thematic Network on Teacher education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education Symposium

• UArctic Welcomes Six New Thematic Networks