Reminder: Submit nominations for 2026 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award

Fri, Feb 27, 2026

The call for nominations for the 2026 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award is open until April 30, 2026. The Award includes a 100,000 euro grant to a promising idea that addresses climate change through concrete actions and plans.

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Co-Creating a Culturally Grounded Crisis Response Framework for Resilient Indigenous Communities

Thu, Feb 26, 2026

Led by Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Eileen Zaba and Lindsey Boechler, this project partners with James Smith Cree Nation and La Loche to collaboratively develop a culturally grounded mass casualty response framework that strengthens leadership, communication, and long-term community healing following tragedy.

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VICCIY Project Uses Virtual Reality and Cultural Connection to Support Indigenous Youth Wellness

Thu, Feb 26, 2026

Led by Saskatchewan Polytechnic, the VICCIY project partners with Indigenous youth and communities to deliver culturally grounded wellness programming—blending virtual reality, traditional knowledge, and community-led approaches to strengthen safety, identity, and belonging in rural and Northern regions.

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Keyano College Receives Government of Alberta Funding for Local Research into First Responders

Thu, Feb 26, 2026

Keyano College has received Alberta First Responders’ Mental Health funding to study how serving one’s own community during natural disasters in the Wood Buffalo region affects post-traumatic stress among local first responders, including those in informal response roles.

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The Institute for Circumpolar Health Research’s NT NEIHR Annual Report Highlights Community-Driven Research and Student Opportunity in the Northwest Territories

Thu, Feb 26, 2026

The Institute for Circumpolar Health Research's Northwest Territories Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research 2024–25 Summary Report highlights how community-driven research funding and network supports are strengthening Indigenous-led health research, cultural revitalization, and wellness initiatives across...

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Care for Nahasdzáán: A journey into Diné culture

Thu, Feb 26, 2026

Care for Nahasdzáán, or Care for Mother Earth, is a class offered by the Center of International Education in conjunction with the Department of Sociology at Northern Arizona University, that offers students an opportunity to learn about Diné culture and traditions.

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Antarctic research enters a new phase as global effort evolves, new report shows

Wed, Feb 25, 2026

A new international report reveals significant evolution in global Antarctic research activity, highlighting evolving scientific effort, evolving collaboration patterns, with implications for the availability of scientific output to the Antarctic Treaty System. 

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CLOSED: Call for travel grants for early-career researchers from Canada attending the UArctic Congress 2026 and the Ocean Connectivity Conference

Tue, Feb 24, 2026

The University of the Arctic is inviting early-career researchers (within 5 years of the PhD award,  postdocs are also invited to apply) from Canadian UArctic member institutions, whose abstracts will be presented during the UArctic Congress 2026 and the Ocean Connectivity Conference, to apply for funding support to trav...

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CLOSED: Call for travel grants for early-career researchers from the Nordic countries attending the UArctic Congress 2026 and the Ocean Connectivity Conference

Tue, Feb 24, 2026

The University of the Arctic is inviting early-career researchers (within 5 years of the PhD award. Postdocs are also invited to apply) from UArctic member institutions in the Nordic countries, whose abstracts will be presented during the UArctic Congress 2026 and the Ocean Connectivity Conference, to apply for funding suppor...

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Arctic Law - Year In Review

Mon, Feb 23, 2026

Year In Review 2026 edition from the Thematic Network on Arctic Law is now available.

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Call for proposals: "Relate North 2026 – Show and Tell" at Arctic Arts Summit 2026

Mon, Feb 23, 2026

The Arctic Arts Summit (AAS) brings together representatives of Arctic countries and Indigenous Nations of the Circumpolar region to strengthen arts and culture in the North and to foster collaboration in the creative industries. The ASAD networks collaborate with the event and will host the annual Relate North 2026 as part o...

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Tracing Arctic Freshwater from Alaska to Baffin Bay

Thu, Feb 19, 2026

The Arctic Ocean is freshening fast — but where that freshwater comes from, how it mixes, and where it goes next are surprisingly hard questions to answer.

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Critical Arctic Studies - Year In Review

Thu, Feb 19, 2026

Year In Review 2026 edition from the Thematic Network on Critical Arctic Studies (CAS) is now available.

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New report: Indigenous tourism in the European Arctic - Reclaiming pasts and strengthening futures

Thu, Feb 19, 2026

The new TemaNord report analyses good practices, new approaches, opportunities and challenges for Indigenous tourism in the European Arctic. It states that sustainable tourism is about creating space for Indigenous cultures to thrive on their own terms.

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The article “New Genre Arctic Art in Institutional and Activistic Contexts” has been published

Thu, Feb 19, 2026

Dissertation Researcher Johanna Ruotsalainen has published a new article in the international journal Museum Management and Curatorship. The article, titled “New Genre Arctic Art in Institutional and Activistic Contexts,” examines how the institutional art world responds to new genre Arctic art as a phenomenon that extends be...

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