The Spring / Summer 2009 Issue of Northern Notes is Available at: http://www.svs.is/english/IASSA/IASSA.htm

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The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) Spring / Summer 2009 issue of the Northern Notes newsletter is now available at: http://www.svs.is/english/IASSA/IASSA.htm.

Featured articles in this issue include:
- The Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, ICASS VI,
Nuuk 2008 Arctic Social Sciences - Prospects for the International
Polar Year 2007-2008 Era and Beyond.
- IPY 2007-2008: A Science Breakthrough and a Blink of an Eye.
- Extractive Industry Working Group.
- The Social Economy and Canada's North: Researching New Possibilities
in Development.
- International Arctic Science Committee.
- The University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Global Change Joins
Circumpolar Researchers into a Curriculum Work.
- The Northern Research Forum: Promoting Open Discussions and
Implementing the Interplay between Science and Politics.
- IASSA, NRF, and APECS Collaboration.
- New Emphasis on Social Sciences within the APECS.

Also included is information on upcoming conferences, announcements, new publications, exhibitions, and news from members. To access the newsletter, please go to: http://www.svs.is/english/IASSA/IASSA.htm .