Tue, May 18, 2021

Rectors Roundtable recording

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On Sunday May 16, 2021, rectors from UArctic institutions met online to discuss on the Future of Circumpolar Higher Education and Research. The recording is now available here for registered UArctic Congress participants. 

Moderated by: Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector at the University of Iceland

Opening Welcome Address: Lilja D. Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland

Rural and Remote Education: Pat Pitney, Interim President, University of Alaska

Virtual Mobility: Anne Husebekk, Rector, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Emerging University Consortia: Jan Borm, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

UArctic Congress 2021 Declaration presentation: Eyjólfur Guðmundsson (Rector, University of Akureyri, Chair of the UArctic Congress International Steering Committee)