Main theme: From Circumpolar Stability toward Nordic Peace Helsinki, May 11th – 12th Joensuu, May 13th Petrozavodsk, May 15th – 18th

Organizers of a conference entitled "Would you know more? Conversationon Roots" announce a call for contributions. The conference will beconvened 19-21 June 2011 in Akureyri, Iceland.

Arctic Doctoral Programme (ARKTIS) will organize 9th Annual Research Seminar “Local Knowledge and Participatory Research in the Arctic“ 4-5 April 2011. The seminar will be held at the Arctic Centre, in Rovaniemi , Finland (Arktikum, Pohjoisranta 4).

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is hosting a Career Development Webinar Series, with online presentations held Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. GMT. The full list ofpresentations, as well as previous webinar recordings, are available at http://apecs.is/webinars.

Young scientists at the Arctic Frontiers conference engaged in much more than traditional scientific pursuits, as a workshop organized through the Arctic Frontiers Young Scientist Forum, supported by APECS, put them behind -- and in front of -- the camera. Scientist-turned film maker Randy Olson helped the scientists to produ...

Research of UArctic's new Institute for Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry (EALAT Institute) has shown that castration may improve the ability of reindeer to adapt to climate change.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks applications from enthusiasticpersons who are interested in summer ecological field research innorthern Alaska. This is a full-time, temporary position (June throughAugust 2011) that will be based at Toolik Field Station, Alaska.

This year's Winterconference in Jokkmokk, entitled "Pathway to Sustainable Northern Communities - Regional Empowerment  for Change" will take place from January 31 - February 3, 2011.

The "Rethinking the Top of the World: Arctic Security Public Opinion Survey" Report was released yesterday. The survey was conducted by the Munk School of Global Affairs and examines opinions on the development of the Arctic regions in the eight Arctic states.

The University Studies on Svalbard (UNIS) will offer a graduate course in Biotelemetry and Biologging in May 2011. The course is for MSc and PhD students, and will take place in Longyearbyen, Norway.

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) is hosting a Webinar entitled "Talking to the Public About Climate Change" tonight at 17:00 GMT. This webinar is this week's webinar within the APECS Career Development Webinar Series, with online presentations held Tuesdays at 17:00 GMT.

The final report of the EU Arctic Footprint and Policy Assessment (AFPA) Report is now available. The AFPA Project was a 12-month project funded by the DG Environment of the European Commission. The Arctic Centre was one of the contributing instituions.

In April 2011, the ICSU-WMO Joint Committee for the International Polar Year (IPY) will publish a summary of IPY activities in which the Committee and associated teams were directly involved.

On Thursday January 20, the European Parliament has adopted its report "A Sustainable EU Policy for the High North". The report constitutes the first step to a EU Arctic Policy.

The Tromsø High North Cluster (THiNC), Arctic Marine Ecosystem Research Network (ARCTOS) the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) as well as the University of the Arctic announce the Young Scientist Forum, an interdisciplinary annual event parallel to the Arctic Frontiers Conference in Tromsø.