On behalf of York University’s Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability (IRIS: www.irisyorku.ca), I would like to invite proposals for presentations from researchers in the Canadian North and South (especially students/youth) to be part of our application to host

First Call for Abstracts: Data Management and Local Knowledge: Building a Network to Support Community-Based Research and Monitoring 15-17 November 2011 Boulder, Colorado The Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) is accepting abstracts for a three-day wor

First Step taken towards Arctic Health Cooperation February 17, 2011 Today, the Arctic health ministers took the first steps towards a closer cooperation on health issues at the very first Arctic Health Ministers’ Meeting. The meeting took place under the headline “Shared Challenges –

International Workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Marginalized Populations and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge 19-21 July 2011, Mexico City Deadline for Abstracts: 18 March 2011 An international workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Marginalized Populati

The Arctic Monitoring Assessment Programme (AMAP), the University of Copenhagen, and the University of Aarhus are organizing a conference entitled “The Arctic as a Messenger for Global Processes–Climate Change and Pollution.” The conference will be convened 4-6 May 2

Announcing the The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada “National Research Centre” Conference taking place in Vancouver, B.C., from March 2 – 4, 2011. Please visit the website at www.trc.ca for more information about the Conference. The Truth and Reconciliation Commissi

You are invited to the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research’s Annual Holiday Open House on Friday December 17th. @ 3502 Raccine Road, Yellowknife, NT From 12:00pm to 4:00pm Refreshments and holiday cheer will be served. Look forward to seeing you!

In February 2011, ICHR is helping host the Pan-Arctic Results Workshop of Health Canada’s Program for Climate Change and Health Adaptation in Northern First Nation and Inuit Communities. The three-day meeting will be held in Ottawa, in conjunction with the Canadian Society for Circump

The staff of ICHR have finished renovating and modernizing the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health website and invite you to peruse its contents and join the society as a member if you have not already done so. The new site includes a more complete historical snapshot of the socie

Katie May Northern News Services Published Monday, November 15, 2010 AKLAVIK – Cancer has taken so many of Billy Archie’s relatives and friends that he can’t stop looking for answers. The former mayor of Aklavik brought the community’s health committee back to