Northern (Arctic) Federal University invites you to participate in the expedition project "Arctic Floating University 2018". Arctic Floating University was established in 2012 to unite science and education on the territory of the Arctic region and its objectives are to preserve the Arctic environment and to ensure the sustai...

The Nenets Agrarian Economic Technical School invites teaching staff and students to take part in a scientific conference  "Science. Vocational education. Production". The conference will be held on February 8, 2018 in Naryan-Mar, Russia.

The Arctic region is like a real-time laboratory for climate change – the sensitive northern climate reacts first to changes and foreshadows changes to come elsewhere in the world. This is why Arctic research is important. The results of such research have already brought changes for the better.

The Arctic Funders Collaborative (AFC), in partnership with the Tamalpais Trust and Tides Canada Foundations, invite Expressions of Interest from next generation Indigenous leaders to serve as Advisors. These Advisors will design and lead the new Arctic Indigenous Fund.

Special issue editors for the Journal of Ecotourism have issued a call for papers on Sustainable Indigenous Tourism. The submission deadline is March 31, 2018.

Inuit student Chaim Andersen of Memorial University of Newfoundland took the Chemistry Outreach program to her hometown of Nain, Labrador to showcase relevance of chemistry in traditional Inuit life and culture.

The International Conference on Emerging Contaminants is a biennial conference series that has provided an excellent forum for presenting the latest research on all aspects related to emerging contaminants across all environmental compartments since 2007. The event will take place in Oslo, Norway from June 25-28th, 2018.  

Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) announces two awards supported by the W. Garfield Weston Foundation: the 2018 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research, and W. Garfield Weston Awards for Northern Research and Northern Archaeological Research. Deadline: January 31, 2018.

The Res Artis Meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, is in partnership with Arts Promotion Centre Finland and the City of Rovaniemi. It will take place from June 18-20, 2018, addressing the theme of Residencies and Sustainability from different angles.

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2018 brings together geoscientists from all over the world. It will be held in Vienna, Austria from April 8-13 and will cover all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences.

A new intern from the Labrador Institute (Memorial University of Newfoundland) has started her internship at UArctic International Secretariat at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland.

The international conference is organized by Ukhta State Technical University and takes place on February 1-2, 2018.The forum discusses topical problems of development of gas, gas condensate and oil and gas condensate fields.

The 2018 Labrador Institute Field School will take place in Upper Lake Melville, Labrador from July 2-August 3, 2018. Participants will develop skills valuable in the humanties, sciences, and social sciences through the study of place and heritage.

Durham University is pleased to announce a new doctoral training centre – the Durham Arctic Research Centre for Training and Interdisciplinary Collaboration (DurhamARCTIC) – that will fund 15 doctoral students pursuing degrees on Arctic-related topics. The application deadline for the Autumn 2018 cohort is 2 February 2018.

The second newsletter of the Thematic Network on Teacher Education features upcoming events and reports from their recent activities, such as establishing a UNESCO UNITWIN network and organizing a panel discussion on Arctic pedagogy. Read the newsletter here.