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The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces a call for nominations for our Board of Directors election. There are three seats up for election in a vote of the ARCUS Membership Council that will take place in December. Terms will be three years and begin in January 2023.

We seek nominations of candidates with enthusiasm and time (approximately 40 hours/year) to dedicate to ARCUS, who are willing and able to help ARCUS fulfill its vision and mission and achieve its strategic goals. We particularly invite nominations of individuals with experience in and connections to: educating formal and informal educators about the Arctic, and engaging them in Arctic research (Goal 3), and developing and building Arctic system science networks.

Nominees are welcome from any career level and type of organization. We strive to embody our value of “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging” in our Board.

The essential responsibilities of the Board are to:

• Develop, and advocate for, ARCUS’ values, mission, goals, and activities
• Hold fiduciary and legal responsibility for the corporation
• Promote the interests of its member institutions and the larger Arctic research community

Nominations or questions should be sent to: Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Executive Director, at helen [at] arcus.org

Nomination submission deadline: Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 12:00 p.m. AKST

Organizers invite panel submissions to the conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society 2023, 21-23 March in Rovaniemi, Finland after a four years’ pandemic-induced break. The general topic of the conference is “Relations and beyond”.

For the first time hosted by the Arctic Anthropology Research Team in Lapland, this conference invites contributions to an anthropology of relations and beyond, celebrating the multiplicity of facets and “theoretical heterogeneity [that] may strengthen rather than weaken the force of relations as a general concept” (Strathern 2018, in CEA, p.8). These theoretical avenues will be addressed by the three keynotes at this conference, by Dame Marilyn Strathern (University of Cambridge), Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen) and Piers Vitebsky (University of Cambridge).

During the final plenary discussion these keynote speakers shall engage with selected specialists in the field and the plenary audience to advance our understanding of relations and beyond to the next level. Within Finnish Anthropology, we aim to foster conversations between anthropologists working in the Arctic and elsewhere. The 2023 conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society invites panels that explore the topic of “relations and beyond” in diverse ethnographic and theoretical settings. Panels are also welcome to focus on relations between anthropology and other disciplines – a topic that has become particularly relevant in the current funding landscape with its emphasis on multidisciplinary projects. We encourage submissions on relations between anthropologists and their research partners in the field, be they international and Finnish colleagues or practitioners, and how the process of co-creating knowledge bases on such relations.

Deadlines

• Proposal for panels should be submitted by 30 September 2022 to: finnanthro [at] ulapland.fi
• Acceptance of panel submissions and opening of paper submissions: 15 October 2022
• Paper submission deadline: 30 November 2022

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is pleased to announce the release of the 2022-2024 Implementation Plan for the Arctic Research Plan 2022-2026. This new plan provides specific actions that IARPC and its partners in the Arctic research community will take to promote research aimed at improving community resilience and well-being, advancing scientific understanding of ongoing changes in the Arctic system, creating more sustainable economies and livelihoods, and improving risk management and hazard mitigation.

The IARPC Secretariat will give an overview of the new plan as well as ways the Arctic research community can get involved via IARPC Collaborations.

The International Polar Foundation and its many Arctic stakeholder partners are hosting the 13th edition of the Arctic Futures Symposium.

This year's Symposium will focus on:

• Evolving Arctic Governance
• Arctic Cooperation and Research in the Current Geopolitical Climate
• The Evolving Role of Arctic Stakeholders
• Arctic Energy and Resource Security
• Arctic Innovation
• The Arctic as an Attractive Place to Live and Work

The Arctic Futures Symposium promises to deliver lively discussions on Arctic issues.

Historically, the Arctic Region has served as a natural strategic buffer between nations competing for geopolitical and economic interests. The impacts of climate change on the Arctic’s physical environment have coincided with the reemergence of great power competition for resources, influence, and governance around the globe. The White House’s recent release of the National Strategy for the Arctic Region emphasizes the convergence of these competing interests and for the first time, the Arctic is included as a regional priority in the National Security Strategy. The Department of Homeland Security’s multi-faceted mission through agencies like the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes it integral to upholding and advancing the nation’s priorities under the NSAR’s four pillars.

Please join the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute for a conversation with DHS’ Deputy Secretary John Tien on DHS’ unique and significant role in the Arctic region. This chat will be followed by a panel of experts from DHS agencies who will discuss DHS’ role in upholding the NSAR’s pillars through maritime security, disaster preparedness and recovery, and law enforcement collaboration.

Keynote

Deputy Secretary John K. Tien
Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security

Speakers

Ambassador David Balton
Executive Director, Arctic Executive Steering Committee, Office of Science & Technology Policy, White House; former Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center

Vice Admiral Peter W. Gautier
Deputy Commandant for Operations, U.S. Coast Guard

Willie G. Nunn
Regional Administrator, Region 10, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Robert J. Hammer
Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security

Moderator

Dr. Rebecca Pincus
Director, Polar Institute

The next Workshop on the Dynamics and Mass Budget of Arctic Glaciers & IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology Annual Meeting will be held at the University Center in Obergurgl, Austria, on 26-28 January 2023.

The organizers welcome oral and poster contributions on all aspects concerning the mass balance and dynamics of Arctic glaciers, including the Greenland Ice Sheet.

The purpose of the meeting is:

• To present and discuss new results on observations and modelling of the dynamics and mass budget of Arctic glaciers, including the Greenland ice sheet
• To plan and coordinate field work on Arctic glaciers with the aim of using the available infrastructure and logistics in the most efficient way
• To develop ideas for future projects and collaboration

In addition to the workshop, the meeting will host a special session on "Glacier - atmosphere interactions in a warming and wetting Arctic".

With funding from IASC, the organizers will be able to provide financial support to a selection of early career researchers.

Please register and submit your abstract by 25 November 2022.

Climate Change Conferences 2022 melds brief keynote presentations, speaker talks, exhibitions, symposia, workshops, and speaker sessions. Climate Congress 2022 will join world-class professors, scientists, researchers, students, and environmentalists, to discuss the methodology to reduce global warming, climatic change, and its effect, pollution, and recycling. Climate Change Conferences 2022, Climate Science conferences 2022, and environmental meetings 2022 are planned to give various information that will keep helpful scientists next to each other on the issues impacting the expectations, finding, and solutions for climatic change and its effect. The assembling of this event will be dealt with the subject “Tackling Climate Change for a Sustainable Future".

Join IARPC and the National Science Foundation for a program manager chat focused on the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program. NNA program officers will provide an overview of the recently released solicitation, highlight major changes, review goals of the NNA program, and answer questions in breakout rooms focused on different proposal tracks.

Program officers in attendance will include Colleen Strawhacker, Siobhan Mattison, Kendra McLachlan, Roberto Delgado, Jonathan Wynn, Maddie Midyette, Xoco Shinbrot, Katsumi Matsumoto, Yu Gu, Kate Ruck, Liam Frink, and Mamadou Diallo.

The Yukon Chamber of Mines and partners are hosting the 50th Annual Yukon Geoscience Forum and Trade Show, showcasing Yukon’s resource industry. With more than 700 delegates and hundreds more in trade show, public, and student participants, this annual event has been hosted in Whitehorse for half a century, creating connections, fostering partnerships, and sharing highlights and best practices of the industry.

The 50th – Golden – Anniversary, marks an important milestone for the Yukon Geoscience Conference. The theme of this year’s event will be: Resources, Resilience and Relationships.

Rick Thoman will review recent and current climate conditions around Alaska, discuss forecast tools, and finish up with the Climate Prediction Center’s forecast for December 2022 and the winter. Join the gathering online to learn what’s happened and what may be in store with Alaska’s seasonal climate.

Please register to attend.