The Institute of the North announces its next Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Seminar, which will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, 2-3 March 2010, at the Embassy Suites in Anchorage, Alaska. Registration is open through Friday, 19 February 2010. To register, please download the registration form available at:
http://www.institutenorth.org/servlet/content/anilca.html.

The 6th Open Assembly of the Northern Research Forum (NRF), "Our Ice Dependent World," is to be held on October 24th - 27th, 2010 in Oslo and Kirkenes, Norway. The event is organized together with the 6th NRF Host Planning Committee. The main theme of the 6th NRF Open Assembly aims to address the impact of dwindling ice -- terrestrial as well as ocean-bound -- on the complex interface of nature and society in all climatic zones of the world. In light of man-made aspects of climate change, the natural phenomena of ice is gradually becoming an issue of global politics -- a common heritage of humankind -- affecting societal life in dramatic ways on a global scale. The 6th NRF Open Assembly will focus on the interrelationships of human and environmental dimensions of ice in a global context, and particularly in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Himalaya. The discussions are expected to highlight the role of research, the social relevance of science, and community in addressing these issues globally.

Organizers Pat McClenahan and Robert King announce a call for abstracts for the 2010 Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. The meeting, entitled 'Homesteading, Historic Cultural Remains, and Cultural Dynamics in Historic-era Alaska (1867-1960s),' will be convened 24-27 March 2010 at the Millennium Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska.

Western Oregon University will host a community symposium addressing the topic "Why the Arctic Matters" from January 28 to 30, 2010. The symposium includes experts in a variety of topics from climate change to wildlife biology to anthropology to education to an expert on Native rights. Presentations in the symposium will cover topics such as climate change, "Eskimo" culture, archaeology, and Arctic security issues. All events are free and open to the public. For further information on the schedule, presentations, and guest speakers, please view the attached document.

In Episode 12 of the Canadian Environmental History Podcast Series sponsored by the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE), Professor Liza Piper discusses her new book, The Industrial Transformation of Subarctic Canada, from UBC Press.

Between 1920 and 1960, Canada's northwest subarctic region experienced late-stage rapid industrialization along its large lakes. These included Lake Winnipeg, Lake Athabasca, Great Slave Lake, and Great Bear Lake. Powered by high-energy fossil fuels, the natural resources of the northwest were integrated into international commodity markets and distributed throughout the world. Whitefish from the large lakes found their way onto dinner plates in New York while uranium from Canada's northwest fueled the world's most destructive weapons, atomic bombs.

Dear friends and colleagues: Please find below the call for papers for the international conference, ‘A Brief Environmental History of Neoliberalism’ at Lund University (Sweden) May 6-8, 2010. While this conference is not specific to northern research, the organizers very much encourage abstract submissions that examine the nexus of political ecology and neoliberalism within the different fields and subfields of arctic studies. There are already submissions revolving around fuel and the Arctic – oil, natural gas, geothermal. Other topics that are socio-ecological are welcome. The deadline for submitting a short 250-300 word proposal is 1 February 2010. More information can be found here: http://sites.google.com/site/abehnl. If you have questions, please send an email to: world.ecology.research@gmail.com.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) seeks applications for the position of Project Manager. The position is fulltime and based in Fairbanks, Alaska. The Project Manager will provide strong leadership and support for ARCUS programs and projects. By working with different experts and leaders in all areas of arctic research, the Project Manager will help develop plans, consensus of needs, and designs for implementing projects. The Project Manager's most fundamental concerns are with project management; workshop planning and implementation; writing, editing, and producing publications and reports; and professional correspondence in a variety of contexts.

The Nasivvik Centre (Laval and Trent University-based NEAHR) is pleased to announce its sixth call for post-doctoral fellowships linked to Inuit Environment and Health Research. The Centre is also pleased to announce its eighth call for Masters and Doctoral scholarships in Inuit Environment and Health Research. For further information on these opportunities, please visit: www.nasivvik.ulaval.ca. Application forms may also be found on the website.

The organizer of a proposed session entitled "Intellectual property and ethics regarding access to data and reports" announces a call for abstracts. The session will be convened at the 17th Inuit Studies Conference, scheduled for 28-30 October 2010 at the UQAT First Peoples Pavilion on the Val-d'Or campus in Quebec, Canada.

10 January 2010 -- Today at the Charles Lynch Press Theatre on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Mary Simon launched Inuit Qaujisarvingat: The Inuit Knowledge Centre: http://www.inuitknowledge.ca/. The decision to create Inuit Qaujisarvingat arose from a February 2008 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Board of Directors meeting as a method of addressing the gap between western science and Inuit knowledge, as well as a method of capacity building among Inuit to respond to a growing interest in the Arctic and Arctic issues.