The realization of a Sàmi House in Tromsø, Northern Norway, after 30 years in the idea stage, was launched in November. On 16 of February the company that will bring the project to life was formally established.

Anchorage Design Week is an annual gathering of creative minds organized by the Anchorage Museum with community partners to promote and inspire place-based design and imagine the future of our city and the lifeways of Northern regions.

UArctic President signed a Letter of Agreement with the Presidents of IASSA and IASC to increase cooperation between the organizations. The signing event took place at the Arctic Science Summit Week in Vienna, Austria on 20 February 2023.

This workshop is being hosted by the Circumpolar Maternal Child Health (CMCH) programs and services research collaboration. This group is an open research exploration within the UArctic Thematic Network Health and Well-being in the Arctic. Workshop details: Friday June 2nd to Sunday June 4th, 2023. Place: Copenhagen, Denmark....

UArctic Chairs session “UArctic responses to climate change: research and education” was held at the Arctic Circle Assembly, October 14, 2022, in Reykjavik, Iceland. The video recording of the session is now available.

For Jeannette Menzies ’95 (M.A., Canadian Heritage and Development Studies), Canada’s current ambassador to Iceland, comparisons between her alma mater and the small northern nation come easily. 

On February 13th, 2023 President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Mike Sfraga, long-term UArctic colleague, to serve as one of the key leaders in his administration. 

In January, two dozen Indigenous youth leaders from across the circumpolar North visited the Harvard Kennedy School. 

Arctic Frontiers Abroad – Scotland will take place on Friday 17 March 2023 in Aberdeen Science Centre.

Monaco Ocean Week is back for a 6th edition from 20 to 26 March 2023.

This graduate seminar is part of the activities of the UArctic Thematic Network on Local-Scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience, and will be held online (via Zoom) on February 27, 2023 at 10am to 12:30pm (MST).

Last month the University of Alaska released the first in a series of informational reports to aid state leaders as Alaska confronts a rapidly changing Arctic and the increasingly globalized North.

Growing up, Hayden Kenneth Taylor remembers hiding his identity as a member of the Haisla Nation because of how other people viewed Indigenous peoples.

Karelia University of Applied Sciences welcomes you to hear about their specialization programmes taught in English on Monday, 27.2.2023 at 13-14 EET (12-13 CET). The session will be held online.

Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law unveiled the new Anishnaabemowin name of the Indigenous Law and Justice Institute and a new logo at a ceremony in the John N. Paterson Auditorium.