The European Polar Board invites the European research community and relevant actors to sign and share the open call to secure a visible and long-term funding stream for polar research in Europe.

For the next two years, UiT will have leadership responsibility for fostering closer collaboration between six Arctic universities in Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

The Arctic Studies 2025 annual ‘Burch Lecture’ will feature Dr. Aron L. Crowell, set to take place via Zoom on June 3 at 1:00am - 2:00am EEST.

The exhibition was produced by the project Community Art-Based Sustainability in the Arctic, funded by the University of the Arctic. The project is a collaboration between Arctic universities — the University of Lapland (Finland), Nord University (Norway), Umeå University (Sweden) — and the Association Siunissaq (Greenland).

The Arctic University Museum of Norway has just completed the research cruise around Northern Norway (HHUMTKT25) on UiT’s research vessel R/V Helmer Hanssen. Research was carried out by an international team of researchers from Spain, Poland, Germany, and Norway. The cruise was organized and executed by the Arctic University...

Below is Michaela Louise Coote's (University of Lapland) student report about attending the International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV).

The UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education organized a panel titled "Inter-Polar Conference: A Knowledge Exchange Platform Between the Arctic and the Third Pole (HKH)" at the Arctic Circle India Forum in New Delhi on May 3–4, 2025.

Aurora College has launched a new $60,000 Internal Grants and Awards Program to build applied research capacity led by Northern staff, faculty, and students. This marks a shift from funding external researchers to empowering local leadership on critical issues like climate change, Indigenous knowledge, and sustainable develop...

In Nunavut, youth are shaping the future of health research through community-led, arts-based projects grounded in Inuit knowledge and values. The Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre in Iqaluit is empowering young people as co-researchers, storytellers, and leaders—focusing on relationship-building, cultural connection, and...

Aurora College is expanding trades and apprenticeship training at its Thebacha Campus in Fort Smith, launching seven new programs in 2025–2026 with more to follow. Rooted in community input and supported by federal funding, this initiative addresses Northern priorities like housing, energy, and workforce development by combin...

With the support of the NSERC Mobilize grant, Keyano College is leading a transformative research program focused on Human Sustainability in the North, rooted in the lived experiences and priorities of rural, remote, and Northern communities. Spearheaded by Dr. Maike Schmieding, the initiative rejects extractive research meth...

Dr. Heather Nicol of Trent University has successfully led a two-year collaborative initiative to enrich UArctic’s Circumpolar Studies curriculum by integrating Indigenous knowledge and experiential learning. Supported by the UArctic Indigenous and Northern Collaborative Research and Education Fund, the project involved seven...

Submit a session proposal for the UArctic Congress 2026! The deadline for submissions is July 7, 2025. The UArctic Congress 2026 will take place in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands from May 26 to 29, 2026.

The session, titled "Interpolar Dialogue: Bridging Knowledge Between the Arctic and the Third Pole," took place at the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference from May 5 to 7, 2025. 

"Art/Place" is a three-part webinar series exploring how artists and/or arts-based practitioners engage with Arctic places through diverse creative practices and perspectives. The first event in the webinar series will be held online on June 4, 2025, at 17-18 CET.