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Motives Largest Unfragmented Areas Law of the Seas Semi enclosed Seas

www.uarctic.org Map by Philippe Rekacevich GrossEcoNord Regional Alaska 54 Yukon 37 Product per Northwest 77 Nunavut 29 capita 21 Faroe Islands 21

Iceland 30

Finnmark 24 Troms 26 Nordland 25

Norrbotten 28 Västerbotten 25 21

Oulu 24

Kainuu 18

Murmansk 13 Karelia 9 10

Komi 14 Yamal-Nenets 66 Khanty-Mansi 76

Taimyr 11

Evenk 14

Sakha 15 Koryak 18 Ɇɚgadan 12 GRP per capita Chukchi 20 Total Arctic 30

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Sweden Econord Arctic Council North Europe = Worlds north => Arctic & Northern issues are our strength

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• The most dense populated northen region in the world • Europe’s competence region on the North and Arctic • Well organised structure for multilateral Reserch and Higher education cooperation. • Tradition of academic research – industry – govemnt cooperation • Long term interest in and competence on all major northern resources as well as governance and peoples issues.

www.uarctic.org Resource development in the Arctic

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Future of the Arctic • A major source of natural resources • Pristine nature - today • Home land to indigenous peoples and other northerners Education - Will the Arctic become a model forand regional research cooperation and sustainable development, Does make - Will northerners be in the lead or justa difference!watch? - Or will the north become the back yard of resource hungry countries? Who rules? g r

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25 UArctic Thematic Networks 3 UArctic Institutes

Thematic Networks office Oulu University

www.uarctic.org Thematic Networks ¾ Joint courses and • Arctic Coastal and Marine Issues (degree) programs • Arctic Engineering and Science • Arctic Extractive Industries ¾ Research • Arctic Law ¾ Networking • Arctic Sustainable Arts & Design • Business Management in the North • Communicating Arctic Research • Digital Media and Media Arts • Distance Education and e-Learning • Energy in New Time • Environmental Impact Assessment of Industry Contaminated Areas • Environmental Training and Education for Sustainable Development of the Arctic (NETESDA) • Geology of the Arctic • Geopolitics and Security • Global Change • Health and well-being in the Arctic • Indigenous Arts and Crafts • Local and Regional Development in the North • Northern Food Security UArctic Institutes • Northern Governance • Reindeer Husbandry • Northern Tourism • Applied Circumpolar • Polar Ice, Climate and Land Dynamics Policy • Social Work • Northern Research • The Verdde Program Forum • World Images of Indigenous Peoples of the North UArctic Institutes

Northern Research Forum North Meets North 2000 Northern Veche Novgorod 2002 The Resilient North Yellowknife 2004 The Borderless North Oulu/Luleå 2006 Seeking Balance in a Changing North Anchorage 2008 Our Ice Dependent World Hveragerði 2011

Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry

Applied Circumpolar Policy

www.uarctic.org north2north Student Mobility student exchange program that allows students at UArctic institutions to visit different northern regions, and share experiences face- to-face, through study at “It gave me a taste of what it would be like to live abroad, other UArctic institutions. away from family and friends and it also confirmed my desire to stay in the North.” Natasha Letchford (), north2north, University of north2north student exchanges (in 2011) Akureyri 154

www.uarctic.org An exciting way for students attending University of the Arctic member institutions to learn about the North, with courses held in the classroom, online, outdoors, and around the world.

“Before BCS I’ve never had such an experience - to study by distance education…it was interesting to communicate with people from different countries. I felt my brain work, and I liked it.” Victoria Rudakova () Arkhangelsk State Technical University

Total course enrollment 15.000 Circumpolar Studies Graduates (as of 2011) Certificates of Completion* 166 Certificates of Achievement** 36 * Core Courses + Advanced Emphasis ** Core Courses only

www.uarctic.org Graduate Studies

UArctic Graduate Studies focus on development of: • high-quality, joint and parallel graduate and postgraduate • program activities, which provide UArctic members with Programs include: • Master Studies • opportunities to develop • UArctic Field School and support relevant • Graduate Networks thematic networks.

www.uarctic.org Arctic Research Cooperation

1. Collaborate on ….a possible 3rd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III) and the proposed International Polar Decade; 2. Contribute to ….synthesis reports …assessments …emerging Arctic trends and issues.. 3. ….promote the importance of fundamental research on the Arctic region with principle national and international funding agencies ….; 4. Identify issues …state of the Arctic region over the next two decades; 6. Continue to support emerging scholars and assist the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) in fulfilling its mission; 7. Support increased involvement of indigenous peoples and residents of the Arctic regions in research, education and outreach activities; 8. …..

www.uarctic.org GoNorth & Catalogue GoNorth assists members to promote their institutions as northern destinations of study to those outside the region UArctic Catalogue provides a one-stop index of northern courses and programs offered by members www.uarctic.org/catalogue

www.uarctic.org Rectors’ Forum Annually brings together university leaders around specific themes

Fairbanks 2010

Winnipeg 2012 Khanty-Mansisk Arkhangelsk 2009 Dartmouth 2013 2007 Kautokeino 2011 2008

www.uarctic.org Governance

Board of Governors Council of UArctic • internationally • consists of representative Board representatives from all UArctic members • highest decision making body • decides on membership of UArctic and nominates • responsible for strategic members of the Board development, • makes strategic institutional priorities and decisions on UArctic’s finances program development • gives academic guidance for program implementation and Barry Scherr, Chair Board of Governors delivery

www.uarctic.org g r o . c i t c r a u . w w Brian Rogers Evgeniya Mikhailova w Chancellor, UAF Rector, North-Eastern Federal University George Iwama Elena Kudryashova Rector, President, University of Northern Northern Arctic Federal University British Columbia Lauri Lajunen Andy Greenshaw, Rector, University of Oulu UAlberta Barry P. Scherr, Ingá Elisá Påve, UArctic Board Chair Student representative Provost emeritus, Dartmouth College Lasse Lønnum UArctic Board Vice Chair Tove Søvndahl Pedersen University Director, Director of Greenland Self- University of Tromsø Government Office in Copenhagen and Board Chair Ilisimatusarfik (Univ. Greenland)

Board of Governors UArctic Offices President Administration Arendal, International Secretariat Rovaniemi, Small, decentralized administration Vice-President Indigenous Kautokeino, Norway based in members across the region Thematic Networks Oulu, Finland Research Office Arkhangelsk, Russia Research Chair Bergen, Norway Graduate Studies Fairbanks, USA Field School Program Longyearbyen, Norway Undergraduate Studies Dean Yakutsk, Russia BCS Regional Office Bodø, Norway BCS Regional Office Prince George, Canada north2north Program Alta, Norway GoNorth Tromsø, Norway International Academic Office La Ronge, Canada Russian Information Center Yakutsk, Russia Finance Office Fairbanks, USA UArctic Press Office Edmonton, Canada

www.uarctic.org A sustainable North in an Interdependent World

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