Northern Notes is the newsletter of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA). It is published on the web by the IASSA Secretariat twice a year with a Spring/Summer and an Autumn/Winter issue, and is available to all web users. To view previous issues, click here.

UArctic and the local host University of Greenland / Ilisimatusarfik are pleased to invite UArctic member representatives to this year’s Council meeting. Held from Tuesday August 15th through to Thursday August 17th in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.

The new Nordic-Russian programme for implementing environment and climate projects in North-West Russia is launching its first call for proposals. Application deadline: May 15, 2017.

The School of Public Health at the University of Alberta is inviting applications for a tenure-track position in Northern Aboriginal Health Systems. The successful candidate will be nominated for a Canada Research Chair at the Tier 2 level. Deadline: April 30, 2017.

St. Petersburg State University is recognized as one of the largest centers for Arctic studies. It has more than 200 research projects, related to Arctic studies. This year SPbU invites students to a new Master’s program Physical Oceanography and Bioproductivity of Ocean and Seas (PHOBOS) with the large Arctic component.

North Atlantic Forum 2017 – Call for paper is now open – Save the Date and Welcome to Bø in Telemark – Norway in a miniature! September 13-16, 2017. The 11th North Atlantic Forum conference will be held in beautiful Bø in Telemark, Norway, September 13-16 2017. Deadline for abstracts is April 5 2017.

Today in Arkhangelsk, during the Arctic: Territory of Dialogue International Arctic Forum, the University of the Arctic (UArctic) signed a cooperation agreement with the newly created National Arctic Research and Educational Consortium, Russia (NAREC).

St. Petersburg University takes part in International Arctic Forum “Arctic : Territory of Dialogue” in Arkhangelsk, March 29-30. SPbU’s scientists presented a plan for scientific support of Russian Arctic policy, and also declared the readiness of the University to become a coordinator of research activities related to the Ru...

Today at the Arctic: Territory of Dialogue International Arctic Forum in Arkhangelsk, University of the Arctic (UArctic) President Lars Kullerud and North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) Rector Evgeniya Mikhailova signed a Memorandum of Understanding, renewing NEFU’s long-standing commitment to provide Russian-language info...

The ARTEK International Conference May 1-3, 2018 offers an opportunity for participants from the industry, the public sector, the science community and other stakeholders to present, discuss and exchange ideas and experience on how to plan, design, construct, operate and maintain transportation infrastructure in cold regions.

The winner of the Global Teacher Prize Winner 2017 is Maggie McDonnell, who lives and works in Salluit, an Inuit village deep in the Canadian Arctic. The village is so remote that it’s accessible only by air.

The international summer school 2017, July 31 – August 5 2017 will have a multi- and cross-disciplinary thematic approach to meet challenges and opportunities related to governance of the Arctic Ocean’s marginal ice zone. Scientists and experts from Norway and abroad will contribute to the summer school with lectures and with...

Arctic Portal, a non-profit organisation specialised in Arctic information and data located in Akureyri, Iceland, is looking for a highly qualified data management specialist to fill a postdoc position that will be available as of 1st September 2017 based on an INNOSUP grant.

Do you wish to learn about human health in Arctic areas? Join the international summer course in Arctic Health at University of Copenhagen August 7-25 2017.

UArctic is launching a call for intern positions for students at the UArctic's member institutions in Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland. Apply by May 2, 2017.