Læra News
28 September 2023
The UArctic Læra Institute is pleased to extend the deadline on our call for proposals from UArctic member faculty for two new undergraduate-level Circumpolar Studies courses. The new deadline for submissions is 9th October 2023.
3 July 2023
The UArctic Læra Institute invites proposals from UArctic member faculty for two new undergraduate-level Circumpolar Studies courses. These courses are intended to supplement the UArctic Circumpolar Studies core curriculum, and to serve as exemplars of courses developed according to the guidelines in the UArctic Læra Institute Circumpolar Studies Curriculum Development handbook. Funding is available for selected proposals.
5 June 2023
Anthony Speca, the Læra Institute's Managing Director, has recently published an article arguing that Model Arctic Council, a form of simulation pedagogy, has a special role to play in educating youth about sustainable development in the Arctic, as well as inspiring them to take action to promote it.
24 May 2023
On 23rd May 2023, the UArctic Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education was pleased to be able to hold our second faculty workshop during the UArctic Assembly meeting in Québéc, involving twelve scholars and educators from eight UArctic member institutions across Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the USA.
21 April 2023
The Læra Institute is pleased to invite UArctic faculty interested in undergraduate teaching and learning about the Circumpolar North to participate in our second faculty workshop on Circumpolar Studies curriculum development, taking place in person on 23rd May 2023 as part of the UArctic Assembly meeting in Quebec City.
3 March 2023
Abstracts are invited for a session entitled 'Educational innovation in Arctic science', hosted by the Læra Institute and the UEA School of Environmental Sciences at the 8th UK Arctic Science Conference, taking place 11-13 September 2023 at the British Anarctic Survey in Cambridge,
27 February 2023
Last week, the Læra Institute took an active part in the 25th Arctic Science Summit Week, convening a session on 'Educational innovation and pedagogy for the Anthropocene Arctic' together with the GCU Mary Robinson Centre for Climate Justice.
17 October 2022
The Læra Institute is delighted to have taken part in the first in-person workshop of the University of Washington's NSF-funded 'Co-designing Civic Education for the Circumpolar North' project, which took place in Rovaniemi and Ánar/Inari, Finland, from 10th to 14th October.
7 October 2022
Trent University, one of the Læra Institute's partner universities, is delighted to invite students to register for the second Scotland Model Arctic Council (SCOTMAC 2), taking place 10-12 March 2023 at Glasgow Caledonian University.
17 August 2022
The Læra Institute is excited to annouce that we have now published the first version of our 'Circumpolar Studies Curriculum Development' guidebook, to support UArctic member faculty who are developing, re-developing, reviewing or enhancing undergraduate curricula focused on the study of the Circumpolar North.
15 August 2022
Abstracts are invited for a session entitled 'Educational innovation and pedagogy for the Anthropocene Arctic', hosted by the Læra Institute and the GCU Mary Robinson Centre for Climate Justice at the 25th Arctic Science Summit Week, taking place 17-24 February 2023 at the University of Vienna.
18 July 2022
Congratulations to Gail Fondahl on her retirement from the University of Northern British Columbia, and sincere thanks for her dedicated service not only to the Læra Institute, but also to Circumpolar education and research as a whole.
