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.

The Sámi Education Institute will organize a 10 day – special training in the self-supervison of reindeer slaughterhouses, in Inari, Finland, on January 19 – 28, 2011. The training also covers the subjects of further processing and product development of reindeer products. The training is located in Inari, Finland and partly...

UArctic’s International Secretariat welcomes back Nikolas Sellheim who has returned to Rovaniemi. For the second time, Nikolas will be part of the International Secretariat.

The Université du Québec à Montréal, and the Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. (ACSUS), would like to invite you to submit a paper proposal for the Arctic/North section for the 2011 Biennial Conference for ACSUS to be held in Ottawa 16-20 November 2011.

Call is open for Master’s students interested in health, security and wellbeing in the North. The number of students elected to the course is limited up to 15 students. Students are selected based on their previous studies and interest on Northern health and wellbeing. Course will run from January 24th until April 10th,...

An inernational scientific conference, "East meets West: oral tradition, epic text and representation in art" will be organized in Yakutsk, Russia June 15-17, 2011. The conference focuses on the questions of functioning of oral tradition on contemporary social and cultural context, problems, related to the study of fol...