Upcoming & Previous Events
Upcoming events focusing on or including a gender perspective in the Arctic. If you are organizing an event or have information about relevant events that you would like to share on the GEA Times, please contact us.
Webinar - Portrayal of Arctic Indigenous peoples in mainstream culture
6 November, 2023 - 5PM GMT | ShareYourNorth platform
The aim of this webinar is to discuss the stereotypes associated with Arctic Indigenous peoples - cruel hunting practices, primitive way of life, over-consumption of alcohol - and the extent to which they are harmful to these communities. It is also an opportunity to examine the roots of these stereotypes - is this either/or colonisation, lack of understanding, commercial and tourism purposes? - and thereafter give a more accurate representation of what the different Indigenous cultures are about.
Organized by: Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network; North American and Arctic Defence Security Network
Speakers:
Haliehana Stepetin - Artist, Activist, Associate Professor of Alaska Native Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage
Coppélie Cocq - Professor in Sámi Studies and Digital Humanities, Umeå University
Dirk Gindt - Professor of Theater Studies, University of Stockholm
P. Whitney Lackenbauer - NAADSN Network Lead, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the Study of the Canadian North, Professor in the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University
Moderator:
Bridget Larocque - NAADSN Network Co-Lead, Northern Advisory Board Chair, Policy Advisor and Researcher with the Arctic Athabaskan (ACC)
Nordic Law and Gender Conference 2023: Past-Present-Future
25 - 27 October, 2023 | School of Economics, Business and Law, University of Gothenburg
A Nordic international conference hosted by the Department of Law at the University of Gothenburg that aims to engage with not only the present and future challenges of law and gender in the Nordics but also to make the histories and legacies of law and gender in the Nordics matter in this process. The conference brings together legal scholars and practicians working in the fields of law, gender, and feminism broadly conceived. It seeks to situate the legal developments in the different Nordic countries in the context of a rapidly changing transnational, legal, social, political and economic landscape. The overall aim is to provide a legal, theoretical and critical basis for debates about past, present and future transformations of Nordic law.
Deadline for registration is September 1, 2023
Call for papers deadline June 30, 2023
GEAIV Workshop on Gendered Data in the Arctic
15 - 16 March, 2023 | University of Akureyri
The workshop is dedicated to address the paucity and inconsistencies of gender and disaggregated data in the Arctic region.
Gender Equality and Diversity in Arctic Leadership
Fri, October 14, 2022 10:30 – 11:10 AM GMT
Organized by: Arctic Circle; The Icelandic Prime Minister’s Office; The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs; The Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network
PANEL
H.E. Rt Hon. Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada
H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland
H.E. Naaja H. Nathanielsen, Minister of Finance and Gender Equality, Greenland: Via Live Link
MODERATORS
Patricia Johnson Castle, Youth Representative, Jane Glassco Northern Fellows
Tinna Hallgrímsdóttir, Chairperson, Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Association; Member, Icelandic Climate Council
Questions and Answers
Full program
Register here
Women & the Energy Transition in the Arctic Online Webinar
Wed, February 02, 2022 14:00 PM – 15:30 PM GMT
Women have provided important contributions in shaping revolutionary and creative policies and frameworks for a smart transition.
Register here
Gender Equality in the Arctic Online Webinar
Tue, January 18, 2022 16:30 PM – 17:30 GMT
The lecture series is a part of the 75 anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and Iceland.
Call for Applications: Online Certificate Course on Gender Mainstreaming (GM)
Start date: 10 Nov 2021 | End date: 18 Dec 2021
The course covers practical strategies and skills for mainstreaming gender – including the use of gender planning frameworks; addressing gender issues in logical frameworks and developing gender policies.
ICASS X "Arctic Generations: Looking Back and Looking Forward"
15-19 June 2021 | Arkhangelsk, Russia
The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) announces the 10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS X) to be held on the campus of Northern (Arctic) Federal University.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ICASS X will be postponed to June 15-19 2021, Arkhangelsk, Russia. Read more…
Gender Equality in the Arctic | Phase III Report Launch
Friday, May. 14, 2021, 12:00pm – 1:30pm ET | Wilson Center | Online
The virtual launch event on the Pan-Arctic Report on Gender Equality in the Arctic, hosted by the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute with The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland, The Icelandic Arctic Council Chairmanship, the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, the Stefansson Arctic Institute, the Directorate of Equality in Iceland, and the Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth.
One Health, One Future
April 6-11, 2021 | University of Alaska Fairbanks
The event is part of the United States contribution to One Arctic, One Health¸ an Arctic Council project now in its sixth year of operation. The project aims to develop a circumpolar network of One Health experts that can share knowledge, conduct exercises, and spur collaborative investigations of One Health phenomena.
Shaping the new Nordic gender agenda
March 19, 2021 | Online, Facebook Live
This panel of Nordic ministers and young activists will drive attention to how the agency of young women, in all their diversity, is crucial in shaping a new gender agenda.
Reflecting on Equal Participation, Representation and Women’s Empowerment
December 9, 2020 – May 19, 2021 | Online
VIRTUAL GENDER LECTURE SERIES 2020/2021 Organized by prof. Elisa Fornalé World Trade Institute, University of Bern
The 2020 Stefansson Memorial Lecture: Seawomen of Iceland
Dec. 1, 2020, 2:30pm – 4:00pm ET | Online
The Arctic Youth Network Webinar Series. Welness, Strength and Balance in a changing North
October 29th 11:00 UTC / GMT -4 | Online
Arctic Resilience Forum (series of events)
Wed., Oct. 7, 2020-Wed., Dec. 16, 2020 | Online
The Arctic Resilience Forum (ARF), hosted by the Icelandic Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and co-organized by the Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council and the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, will offer participants the opportunity to strengthen cooperation on resilience-related work as well as discuss resilience best practices and experiences from Arctic Council Working Groups’ and the broader community of circumpolar experts and knowledge holders.
PhD Fellow in Gender Research at the Centre for Women´s and Gender Research
Deadline 30 September 2020
A PhD position is available at the Centre for Women´s and Gender Research, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education. The position is affiliated with the research group Contemporary Gender Research (ConGender). The daily workplace will be at UiT, campus Tromsø. Apply for this job.
The Gender Equality Studies and Training programme (GEST)
Deadline 30 June 2020
GEST is a five month long postgraduate diploma programme (30 ECTS) hosted by the University of Iceland. The programme operates within GRÓ, Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability and Societal Change under the auspices of UNESCO. Read more and apply.
Gender in Polar Research: Gendered field work conditions, epistemologies and legacies
30 March 2020 | Online
Two-day workshop in the framework of Arctic Science Summit Week 2020.
We invite all participants of the Arctic Science Summit Week 2020 to a cross-disciplinary workshop to discuss and reflect on the gendered nature of Polar research. The workshop is financially supported by IASC. It is organized by members of the “Gender in the Arctic” Working Group of IASSA. Organizers also express their gratitude to the German Association for Social and Cultural Anthropology (DGSKA).
Arctic Futures Symposium
25 November 2019 | Brussels, Belgium
Arctic Futures aims at creating discussions and exchanges between participants with different backgrounds and perspectives over the challenges and issues the Arctic is facing. This year's symposium will focus on the challenges the Arctic Council will face in the coming years, safety and security issues, gender considerations, the Arctic labour force and demographics, and the Arctic bioeconomy.
2019 Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit
12-13 November 2019 | Rovaniemi, Finland
The Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference, fourth in a series, focuses on climate change in the Arctic, especially from the point of view of young people. The conference will take place in Rovaniemi, Finland from 12-13 November 2019.
Leadership, Arctic Gender Equality and Diversity
12 October 2019 | Reykjavík, Iceland
The event was organized within the Arctic Circle 2019 was organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network; Icelandic Directorate of Equality, Centre for Arctic Policy and Security, University of Akureyri
Arctic Leadership: Gender and Diversity in Politics, Science and Industry
October 2018 | Reykjavík, Iceland
The event was organized within the Arctic Circle 2018 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland; the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network; the Icelandic Centre for Gender Equality, University of Akureyri; Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Iceland
UArctic Sessions
September 2018 | Helsinki, Finland
Networking on gender equality in the Arctic Region: Round Table
Gender Equality and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Health and Gender Equality. Changing quality of life: Women, men and health
Arctic Circle Forum
May 2018 | Torshavn, Faroe Islands
Gender and Mobility: Integrating Realities into Policy
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Panel on Gender Equality in the Arctic: Challenges and Situated Policies
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Contemporary Issues of Gender in the Arctic
October 2017 | Reykjavík, Iceland
Contemporary Issues of Gender in the Arctic
The event was organized by the Northern Research Forum, the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network and the Centre for Arctic Policy Studies at the University of Iceland