The latest version of the UArctic website launched today, designed to bring improvements in both the interface and structure of the content to better serve our different audiences.

UArctic members and units can now make use of a revised general PowerPoint presentation, available under Resources for Members. The presentation has been updated with current informaiton about UArctic and new graphics from the Strategic Plan. Customize the existing information to suit your purpose and audience when giving pre...

The University of Quebec in Abitibi-Temiscamingue (UQAT) and DIALOG (research and knowledge network relating to Aboriginal peoples) will host the 17th Inuit Studies Conference from 4-6 November 2010. The event will be held at the UQAT First Peoples Pavilion on the Val-d'Or campus, Quebec, Canada, under the theme "The Inuit an...


Three students in the collaborative Nursing degree program at Grande Prairie Regional College are preparing for an adventurous new year in 2010 – they are among the ten students in University of Alberta Nursing programs who have been selected to serve their practicum placements in Ghana, Africa.




The Arctic Research Support and Logistics program of the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs (NSF) will hold a Barrow Area Logistics Support Forum at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco on Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 3:00-4:00 p.m. The meeting will be convened in the ARCUS Arct...

The organizers of the SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook announce an open community meeting, "Sea Ice Outlook: What We Learned from 2009 and Future Plans," to be held during the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting on Wednesday, 16 December 2009. The meeting will take place in the ARCUS Arctic Community Meeting Room at the San F...



IPY Oslo Science Conference

Wed, Dec 09, 2009
The IPY Oslo Science Conference, which will be convened in Oslo, Norway, at the Norges Varemesse conference center, is planned for 8-12 June 2010.


In a Global Change course survey conducted in all University of the Arctic member organisations by the UArctic Thematic Network on Global Change in the Arctic, over 600 global change courses were found. However, only few approached possible influence on people’s health and wellbeing showing that there is a gap and need for hi...