Recognizing that the circumpolar Arctic region is experiencing significant ecological change due to global climate change, the Aspen Institute convened a civil society Dialogue and Commission to consider the implications of this impending transformation for the region’s inhabita

The 2011 Society Gazetteer is here with exciting news and articles about the past year in Canadian circumpolar health research, education, and programs. You can download the 2011 and 2010 gazetteers from here.

CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Circumpolar Health Special Issue Participatory Research Processes and Ethics: Addressing Challenges in the North A special issue of the IJCH will be published in early 2012. The scope of the special issue encompasses all dimensions of community

3. Etudes/Inuit/Studies Volume 33, Numbers 1 and 2, 2009 “Etudes/Inuit/Studies” is a biannual scholarly journal that has been published since 1977. The journal is devoted to the study of Inuit societies, either traditional or contemporary, in the general perspective of soc

A new IASC newsletter is available for download. This Fall 2010 Progress edition covers: The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2011 in Seoul IPY 2012 Montreal: From Knowledge to Action The State of the Arctic Coast Report Polar Information Commons … and more A pdf version of the

Inuit Tuttarvingat is pleased to let you know that we have written a new informative report called Arctic Biodiversity and Inuit Health. The report provides readers with information about documented changes to the climate and environment, how these changes affect the biodiversity (all

The primary factors that shape the health of Canadians are not medical treatments or lifestyle choices but rather the living conditions they experience. These conditions have come to be known as the social determinants of health. This information – based on decades of research and hun

Climate change – coupled with globalization – has triggered a rapidly accelerating cascade of events leading to profound environmental and socioeconomic changes in the Arctic – both on land and at sea. In response, demand is growing for science-based innovation in the conservati

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) announces that Issue 22 (March 2010) of the SCAR Newsletter is now available. SCAR, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, is a committee of ICSU, the International Council for Science, and it is charged with the initiatio

The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) announces publication of the March 2010 issue of the journal ARCTIC, Volume 63, Number 1. A non-profit membership organization and multidisciplinary research institute of the University of Calgary, AINA’s mandate is to advance the stu