Læra News
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.
30 June 2022
The Læra Institute is pleased to announce continued funding to support our operations during the period 2022-24, for which we are most grateful to the Government of Norway and UiT The Arctic Universty of Norway.
18 May 2022
On 12th and 13th May, the Læra Institute took part in the UArctic Thematic Network and Institute Leadership Conference, hosted at the University of St Andrews, introducing our work to other UArctic member institutions and updating them on our plans.
12 April 2022
This week, the Læra Institute took an active part in the Seventh UK Arctic Science Conference, convening a session on 'Innovation in Arctic education and public outreach' together with the Scottish Association for Marine Science, an academic partner of the University of the Highlands and Islands.
5 April 2022
Læra Institute Steering Committee member Astri Dankertsen was recently interviewed for the first Northern Notes newsletter of the new Norwegian presidency of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA). Read the interview below or as originally published in Northern Notes 56.
18 February 2022
The Arctic State Agrotechnological University (AGATU) in Yakutsk, Russia, are happy to announce their International Winter School 2021 on the theme 'Arctic food security' online and offline 1st-4th March 2021, in collaboration with the Northern Youth Forum.
15 February 2022
Trent University, one of the Læra Institute's partner universities, is delighted to invite students to register for the second Norwich Model Arctic Council (NORMAC) for University, taking place 25-29 June 2022 at the University of East Anglia.
2 February 2022
Abstracts are invited for a session entitled 'Innovation and pedagogy in Circumpolar Studies', hosted by the Læra Institute at the 4th UArctic Congress, taking place 4-7 October 2022 at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
20 January 2022
Abstracts are invited for a session entitled 'Innovation in Arctic education and public outreach', hosted by the Læra Institute and SAMS-UHI at the 7th UK Arctic Science Conference, taking place 11-13 April 2022 at Durham University.
19 November 2021
Trent University, one of the Læra Institute's partner universities, is delighted to invite students to register for the first-ever Scotland Model Arctic Council (SCOTMAC), taking place 11-13 March 2022 at the Scottish Association for Marine Science.
5 October 2021
The Northern (Arctic) Federal University (NArFU), in cooperation with the UArctic Thematic Network on Model Arctic Council, will host a Model Arctic Council (MAC) from March 20 to 26, 2022 in Arkhangelsk, Russia, for university students interested in Arctic and circumpolar affairs; Indigenous issues; international relations; and diplomacy.
30 September 2021
On Tuesday 28th September, the Læra Institute was privileged to take part in a student symposium on Circumpolar Research organised in conjunction with the Northern Forum's special 30th anniversary conference and their third Northern Sustainable Development Forum.
