On the occasion of UArctic’s 20th anniversary seminar, held in Rovaniemi in September 2021, we honored the memory of Bill Heal who was one of UArctic’s Founders and the person behind the original idea of UArctic. At that event we welcomed Bill’s son, Stephen, who announced the launch of a UArctic Founders’ Fund - the Heal Fund.

The results for the 2023 UArctic Project Call for Networking Activities on Arctic Research and Education are now ready, and three projects will receive funding from the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science for their projects. All three are two-year projects that kick off this fall. In total 1,5 mil DKK was distribu...

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia suspended partnerships between Russian institutions and UArctic’s Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design. The focus of ASAD's initiatives has now shifted towards forming partnerships within the Canadian Arctic with the overall goal of the network to promote art, culture, and e...

University of Lapland co-hosted discussions related to Arctic research with the University of Helsinki and University of the Arctic.

Organizers invite abstracts and registration for the Svalbard Science Conference 2023. This conference will convene 31 October-1 November 2023 in Oslo, Norway.

Fulbright scholar Irina Wang joined the CHARTER team during the last year, working from the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, researching in the field in northern Finland, and completing her grant at the design school at Aalto University.

In conjunction with International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the seventh annual international Polar Film Festival in September 2023.

A new call for proposals supporting the Arctic Youth Dialogues has been published! Youth organizations can apply for a grant to engage, empower, and connect Arctic youth with European youth.

The members of the UArctic Thematic Network “Health and Well-being in the Arctic” Prof. Birgitta Evengård and TN Vice-Lead Dr. Anastasia Emelyanova represented Arctic One Health approach and own research at the International Conference “Species on the Move 2023”, that took place on May 14-19, 2023. The travel was funded by th...

The first NAA session, hosted on June 6, will focus on climate change, bringing together expertise from across the North American Arctic to share knowledge about what is happening now, and what more might be done, to support ethical, equitable climate solutions for the Arctic and the world.

During the fourth UArctic Assembly which took place in Québec City on May 22-26, 2023, the UArctic Assembly elected two new Board members.

UArctic welcomes new Thematic Networks which were approved by the UArctic Assembly in their meeting held on 22-26 May, 2023 in Québec City, Canada. 

Accessibility in Polar Research (APR) invites registration for their upcoming webinar, titled Stepping onto the Ice: Supervising, Accommodating, and Supporting Researchers with Disabilities in the Polar Field.

The University of Saskatchewan is honouring Dr. David Natcher (PhD) with its 2023 Publicly Engaged Scholarship Team Award for research that engages governments, Indigenous groups, companies, and multidisciplinary academics in collaborative efforts to address social, environmental, and economic impacts of resource development.

The Government of Canada and the Government of Québec have each announced $8 million in additional funding to complete the financing required to build the Institut nordique du Québec (INQ) science complex.