The European Union Erasmus Mundus-funded GoNorth! project met for a planning meeting at Roskilde University in Roskilde, Denmark, on 15-17 November 2006. The meeting was hosted by Professor Rasmus Ole Rasmussen and chaired by Astrid Revhaug, the project leader for the GoNorth! project as well as the Programme Chair for UArct...

The International Polar Year (IPY) Education, Outreach, and Communication (EOC) sub-committee held its first meeting in Bremerhaven, Germany, on October 19-21, 2006.

Brandon M. Ilgen will replace Jessica Thiessen as Director of the Arctic Youth Network (AYN).

The Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) has published the fifth edition of its newsletter.

The Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat has a revised website available at www.arcticpeoples.org .

Ten years after its establishment, the Arctic Council continues to grow. Over the years, it has become a major tool for cooperation between the eight Arctic States, allowing them to tackle the common challenges they are faced with today.

Kuratorisk Aktion and the Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA) will be launching the Rethinking Nordic Colonialism documentation DVD and website on November 25. 

Asgeir Solstad will replace Ståle Sårheim as lead of the Thematic Network on Social Work as of December 1st, 2006.

Norway officially took over the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council for the next two years with a symbolic passing of the gavel ceremony at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Salekhard, Russia, on October 26, 2006.

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Arctic Council and the fifth Arctic Council Ministerial meeting, the Ministers representing the eight Arctic states, convening in Salekhard, Russia, signed the Salekhard Declaration on the 26th of October, 2006.

Meetings were held in Finland and Norway to discuss further advancements of the UArctic’s Circumpolar Studies Program on October 11-13, 2006.  Greg Poelzer, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Donna Zaleschuk, Program Assistant, and Glenys Plunz, Director, UArctic International Academic Office, met with faculty, staff and student...

Saskatoon, Canada - On October 16-17, the Office of Undergraduate Studies of UArctic, in collaboration with the Political Studies Department of the University of Saskatchewan, held a meeting on planning and developing the remaining two online courses for the Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) Advanced Emphasis in Aborigin...

UArctic's report to the Ministers of the Arctic Council is now available online. The print version of the report will be shared with the Arctic Council SAO delegations, permanent participants and observers as well as the Ministers of Foreign Affairs from the eight Arctic Countries in the upcoming Arctic Council meetings in Sa...

Saskatoon Canada – The University of the Arctic Office of Undergraduate Studies welcomes graduate student Chad Klippenstein as part of its team.  

UArctic long-time member and active partner Sakha State University announced it will become UArctic's Russian Information Centre, providing UArctic with a Russian version of its website and news service.