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Nordic council of Ministers continues to support UArctic activities by granting 650 000DKK for this year for a new joint project led by Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland. New project Arctic Virtual Learning Tools joins UArctic and Arctic Portal into close co-operation where new UArctic educational material and virtual classroom will be distributed and shared through Arctic Portal.
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New networking mechanism, promoting cooperation between science, youth associations, non-profit organizations, business and authorities, has been established for the benefit of development of northern regions in Russia.
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The Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment working group of the Arctic Council has released a new Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment report for the year 2009.
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The International Institute for Sustainable Development is currently recruiting northern Canadian youth to take part in a six-month internship program "Circumpolar Young Leaders Program". Placements are with leading organizations working on northern issues in other circumpolar countries and in southern Canada.
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Recently the Association of Early Career Polar Scientists launched a new website.The outlook of the website has been changed and some new features have been added. The new site features a fully searchable membership directory to find colleagues and for prospective employers to search for new hires. There is also a new and improved discussion board that is refered to as the APECS Student Lounge.
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The ACUNS-APECS: Communities of Change - Building an IPY Legacy. 9th Annual ACUNS International Student Conference on Northern Studies
October 2 to 5, 2009,Yukon College - Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
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To promote some of the good work carried out by the various IPY projects, Educators and Scientists are offered the chance to submit material to a Polar Resource Book being created.
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The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) invites contributions for the next issue of the Northern Notes newsletter.
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The Nordic Council of Ministers Arctic Cooperation Programme 2009-2011 is now open for funding applications.
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The International Polar Year is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic. The program officially ran from March 2007 to March 2009 but was closed in September 2011.
Understanding Migration in the Circumpolar North, Social Science Forum at the University of Akureyri
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In the Social Science Forum at the University of Akureyri, Professor Lee Huskey will discuss research being done around the circumpolar north and draws general lessons from the different experiences of northern migration in the Arctic nations.