In the new issue of the UArctic Russian newsletter, prepared by the Research Office in Arkhangelsk, Jargal Badagarov who is a leader of a new UArctic Thematic Network "Language documentation and Language Technologies for Circumpolar Region" speaks on the necessity of indigenous languages preservation

The Future of Winter Tourism 2017 workshop announces an extension to the Call for Papers. The new deadline for submissions is January 18, 2017.

The High North Center at Business School, Nord University invites to the High North Dialogue 2017 Conference, taking place in Bodø, Norway April 5-6, 2017.

Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) has launched a new competitive funding process for the period of April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019. Deadline: January 23, 2017.

Focused discussions on Sustainable Development in Northern Regions was the aim of the Arctic Circle Forum held in Quebec City from December 11-13, 2016. UArctic, joined other Northern and Arctic development stakeholders to discuss best practices and partnership-based approaches for sustainable development in the North.

The U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC) released its biennial "Report on the Goals and Objectives for Arctic Research” for 2017-2018 on Thursday, 15 December during the 2016 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California.

Organizers announce an extended abstract submission deadline for the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2017 Conference. The conference will convene 31 March - 7 April 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic. Extended abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, 10 January 2017.

University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway will held the ALTA 2017: Climatic and social changes lead to marginalization. The conference seeks to share experiences on how to detect, prevent and heal marginalization and exclusion”. Invitation: Call for abstracts. Deadline: 15th of February 2017. More info: www.uit....

Circum-Polar Flux Workshop will be held in Hyytiälä, Finland on 6-9 February 2017. The host of the conference is the PEEX HQ, University of Helsinki, Finland.

International Autumn School "Study of human working capacities in the Arctic", which took place September 5-12, 2016 has been successfully completed. The school was the first collaborative project of two Thematic Networks "Health and well-being in the Arctic" and "Working in the Arctic."

The two-day conference (January 19-20, 2017 - University of Helsinki, Finland) examines the concept of “indigenous people” as an inter-national and global phenomenon, and the unique processes through which this concept is applied to, lived and translated for each local situation.

The Centro de Administração e Políticas Públicas (CAPP) of the ISCSP is organizing the IV Lisbon International Arctic Workshop and Conference on "Artic Global Sustainable Development, Challanges and Resilience - From Climate Change to Security, People and Places". The event will take place on December 5th.

Students at UArctic institutions with a north2north contact, can apply for a north2north student exchange at another member institution. The application deadline for the next calendar year is Feb 15, 2017. 

Last chance to participate in the UArctic communications survey and help us develop our information sharing! The survey closes on December 6, 2016.