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New book supports further development of Sámi early childhood education

The book Sámi Early Childhood Education Now—Values, Practices and Participation in Everyday Life is intended to provide knowledge and inspiration for those i...

Thu, Jun 13, 2019

Michelle Saunders at the reindeer roundup in Sevettijärvi

UArctic Intern Connects with Indigenous Peoples Around the Arctic in Inari, Finland

On a visit to Inari, Finland, UArctic intern gets the opportunity to partake in a reindeer roundup, visit the Sámi Education Institute and attend the Skábmag...

Mon, Feb 04, 2019

UArctic Thematic Network Leads meet at UArctic Congress 2018

Five New UArctic Thematic Networks established in 2018

The new UArctic Thematic Networks approved in 2018 are Arctic Indigenous Skills, Arctic Plastic Pollution, Circumpolar Archives, Folklore and Ethnography (CA...

Tue, Dec 18, 2018

UArctic Congress 2018 Concludes in Finland

Today UArctic Congress 2018 concluded in Helsinki featuring addresses by President Tarja Halonen of Finland, and a closing panel looking at the goals of the...

Fri, Sep 07, 2018

UArctic Chair Update - Reindeer-climate interactions and the consequences of husbandry practices on reindeer diets and subsequent meat quality

As part of his UArctic Chairship, Professor Jeff Welker has completed establishing his first core set of collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects i...

Mon, Feb 26, 2018

Calotte Academy 2018 call for papers

The Calotte Academy 2018 ‘Discourses on the Arctic – (inter)disciplinary theories and methods of Arctic research’ will be organized in June 4-10, 2018 (tbc)...

Mon, Dec 11, 2017

Calotte Academy 2017 discusses perceptions of the Arctic

The annual travelling symposium Calotte Academy begins its tour from Inari, Finland on June 1. With perceptions of the Arctic as its main focus, the 2017 Cal...

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

Liisa Holmberg at the UArctic Congress 2016 in St Petersburg

100 years of Sami collaboration

Today, on February 6, 2017, the Sami National Day also marks the 100-year anniversary of cross-border Sami collaboration. Exactly a hundred years ago, on Feb...

Mon, Feb 06, 2017

Calotte Academy 2017 - First Call

The Calotte Academy 2017 "Perceptions of the Arctic: Rich or Scarce, Mass-scale or Traditional, Conflict or Cooperation?" will be organized between June 1 an...

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

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Early Bird registration still open for In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process conference

The Early Bird registration for the conference ”In the Spirit of the Rovaniemi Process – Local and Global Arctic” is open until 31 August. The conference wil...

Fri, Aug 14, 2015

Council of UArctic meets in Buryatia

The Council of UArctic has concluded its 18th meeting held June 14-17, 2015 at the Buryat State University in Ulan Ude, Russian Federation. About one hundred...

Wed, Jun 17, 2015

Security and resource (geo)politics at focus in the Calotte Academy 2015

The annual travelling symposium Calotte Academy will this year begin its tour with a session held in Rovaniemi on the 1st of June 2015. This year’s conferenc...

Tue, May 26, 2015

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