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Norwegian funding for Project Collaboration with UArctic for 2025-2027

Tue, Sep 30, 2025

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Norwegian funding for Project Collaboration with the University of the Arctic has accepted to fund 9 new projects to the amount of 2.5 million NOK being distributed to support these projects

Thematic Network Success Story: "More than two decades of impactful collaboration on Circumpolar health"

Tue, Sep 30, 2025

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The Success Story: "More than two decades of impactful collaboration on Circumpolar health" showcases the work led by the Thematic Network on Health and Well-being in the Arctic.

Student story: Sara Bjerrum’s Arctic semester in Nuuk

Mon, Sep 29, 2025

Sara reflects on her north2north exchange experience studying biology in Nuuk.

Fall Climate Café

Mon, Sep 29, 2025

The virtual Climate Café where youth aged 18-35 can gather to share thoughts, experiences, and concerns around Climate Change in their communities, will be held on October 1st.

Circumpolar snow crab fisheries

Mon, Sep 29, 2025

The first networking workshop of UArctic funded project “Networking for increasing sustainability in snow crab fisheries in the Arctic” took place during 30th of May to 1st of June in Fisheries and Marine Institute of the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Networking for increasing sustainability in snow crab fisheries in the Arctic

Mon, Sep 29, 2025

The recently initiated project “Networking for increasing sustainability in snow crab fisheries in the Arctic” aim to address sustainability challenges in snow crab fisheries, specifically focusing on challenges caused by lost fishing gear and plastic materials used in snow crab pots.

UArctic project workshop held onboard RV Helmer Hanssen

Mon, Sep 29, 2025

During December 2024, UArctic project “Networking for increasing sustainability in snow crab fisheries in the Arctic” held the second workshop onboard RV Helmer Hanssen during a research cruise in the Barents Sea (14th – 20th of December 2024)

Arctic Frontiers 2025: Travel Grant OpensDoors for Northern Collaboration

Fri, Sep 26, 2025

The Arctic Frontiers Conference 2025 in Tromsø brought together global experts, policymakers, and community leaders to address pressing Arctic challenges, with Dr. Shardul Tiwari from the University of Toronto attending through a UArctic Travel Grant. Describing the experience as “transformative,” Dr. Tiwari emphasized how su...

Imagining Possible Futures: Relate North 10 Connected Northern and Indigenous Communities Through Art

Fri, Sep 26, 2025

Relate North 10: Possible Futures, hosted by Yukon University’s School of Visual Arts and the University of Lapland through UArctic’s Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design, created a vital space for Northern and Indigenous voices to share knowledge, creativity, and lived experiences on an international stage.

AliVE: Age-inclusive Lifelong Learning

Fri, Sep 26, 2025

The objective of the project is to address barriers to age-inclusive learning and to build sustainable enablers that will extend and enhance engagement of older adults 55+ in higher education.

Climate change and healthy AgeinG: co-creating E-learning for resilience and adaptation (chAnGE)

Fri, Sep 26, 2025

ChAnGE is an Erasmus+ co-funded project which aims to enable and empower health and social care (HSC) workers to plan and incorporate climate adaptation and resilience into their everyday work.

Living with Land and People: A Handbook for Artistic Project and Art-based Action Research in the Arctic

Thu, Sep 25, 2025

This handbook was developed and tested at the University of Lapland and the Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design network, and it provides practical guidance for collaborative projects in nothern contexts.

PANELISTS ANNOUNCED: UArctic Webinar on Arctic Health and Well-Being

Wed, Sep 24, 2025

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is pleased to invite you to register for the final webinar of the 2025 UArctic Webinar Series, designed to explore key issues affecting the Arctic and Northern communities.

ArcticNext2025: Student Innovation Challenge to Tackle Northern Issues

Wed, Sep 24, 2025

Memorial University, in partnership with Nord University, will host ArcticNext2025: Student Innovation Challenge from September 26–28, 2025, bringing undergraduate and graduate students together to develop solutions under the theme Sustainable & Thriving Communities.

Thematic Network on Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research Leads Discussion on Northern Islands' Future

Wed, Sep 24, 2025

In a significant collaboration, the Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research (NAISR) UArctic Thematic Network partnered with the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Institute for Northern Studies Island Hub to host the inaugural interdisciplinary online symposium, "The Future of Northern and Arctic Islands: 2050...