Author: Anthony Speca

University Newsletter – November 2022

If you’re considering taking part in our second Scotland Model Arctic Council at Glasgow Caledonian University this March, don’t delay applying for your place! Applications close on 13th January, and we look forward to receiving yours. We’re also happy to announce dates for our third Norwich Model Arctic Council at the University of East Anglia, …

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Participation in Circumpolar Civic Education Workshop

This past week, I was excited to travel to Rovaniemi and Ánar/Inari, Finland, to participate in the first in-person workshop of the University of Washington’s (UW’s) ‘Co-designing Civic Education for the Circumpolar North‘ project.  It’s an honour for me to collaborate on this educationally important project, led by Jason Young, Nadine Fabbi and Michelle Koutnik of UW, and funded by the …

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University Newsletter – October 2022

We hope you enjoyed a lovely summer! With the new academic year now underway, we’re excited to announce that our second Scotland Model Arctic Council is now open for applications from students. The conference will take place 10-12 March 2023 at Glasgow Caledonian University in Glasgow — read our October newsletter to learn more and …

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Schools Newsletter – October 2022

Welcome back to school! We hope you enjoyed a lovely summer. With new academic year now well underway, we’re excited to announce our 2022-23 line-up of Polar Aspect Model Arctic Council (MAC) conferences for schools! Registration is now open for five Polar Aspect MAC schools programmes over the coming year: Online Model Arctic Council Delegate …

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University Newsletter – July 2022

The second Norwich Model Arctic Council for university has been a long time in coming! Finally, after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, we were recently able to gather together again at the University of East Anglia for our most extensive university conference. It was a triumphant return — read all about it in …

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Norwich Model Arctic Council for University 2

The second Norwich Model Arctic Council (NORMAC) for University has been a long time in coming. It was intended to take place in the summer of 2020, a year after the first NORMAC for University. The pandemic scuppered those plans, as well as plans for the summer of 2021. So it was with a keen …

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Schools Newsletter – May 2022

Earlier this month, we returned to Wycombe Abbey for our second Wycombe Model Arctic Council (WYCOMAC) conference — our final schools conference of this academic year.  Read all about it in our May newsletter—and catch up on our other schools MACs this year as well. We’ll be back in touch before the academic year ends …

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