Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic:
Inuit, Saami,
and the Indigenous Peoples of Chukotka
Conference Announcements:
There are two conferences related to SLiCA:
ICASS VI, Nuuk Greenland, 22-26 August, 2008
The Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, which is endorsed as part of the IPY scientific program, will be the main humanities social sciences networking event during the IPY. This congress, a major triennal activity of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA), is also the main international gathering of Arctic social scientists. The venue, the new campus of the University of Greenland in Nuuk, is significant with regard to IPY: Nuuk is the capital of an indigenous autonomous region of the Arctic, geographically situated between Europe and North America, currently aiming towards greater independence, and academic capacity building. Both papers with and without IPY affiliation are welcome. More information at www.icass.gl
Human Dimensions in the Circumpolar Arctic: An Interdisciplinary Conference under the Auspices of the International Polar Year 8-10 October 2008.
The conference will be held at Umeå University, Umeå, Swedn, located in the north of Sweden, about 700 km north of Stockholm. It will pay particular attention to human life and conditions in the circumpolar Arctic in the past, present and future. Questions that will be addressed are how the situation in the North has been depicted in science, art and literature and how the possibilities for various kinds of social and economical developments have been understood at various times. Other questions are how climate, ecology and different types of resource use have influenced conditions for life in the North and the role of national and international politics for northern developments and conditions. Policy questions concerning the Arctic region will also be discussed during the conference.
Themes include:
Indigenous peoples
Gender Dimensions
Culture and Science
Resources and Climate
Health and Welfare
Further information on the conference may be had on the Conference website:
http://www.umea-congress.se/polar2008.html
What is SLiCA?
The Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic, or SLiCA, is an international joint effort of research and indigenous people to measure and understand living conditions in the Arctic. This website is intended to promote the use and understanding of SLiCA data.
Indigenous peoples and researchers from the United States, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the indigenous peoples of the Kola Peninsula and Chukotka in Russia have contributed to SLiCA. SLiCA is a Sustainable Development initiative of the Arctic Council and is supported by the Inuit Circumpolar Council, the Saami Council, and the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North. The aims of SLiCA are to:
 | Measure living conditions in a way relevant to Arctic residents |
| Document and compare the present state of living conditions among the indigenous peoples of the Arctic |
| Improve the understanding of living conditions to the benefit of Arctic residents |
SLICA is funded by: Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR), The Greenland Home Rule Government, The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland (KVUG) The Barents Secretariat, Nordic Arctic Research Programme (NARP), Danish Research Council for the Social Sciences (SSF), Swedish Research Council for the Social Sciences, Ministry of the interior – Dept. of municipalities, Norway, The Joint Committee on Research Councils for Nordic Countries (NOSS), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), National Science Foundation (NSF), Statistics Canada.
SLiCA
is an International Polar Year project and a part of the Arctic Human Health
Initiative. 
What's New: May 2008
Grants funding the U.S., Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka components of SLiCA have been completed. Field work and data entry is currently underway in Norway and in the Kola Peninsula. Members of the international team continue to work together and with colleagues to improve our understanding of living conditions in the Arctic. For related current activities, see the Arctic Observation Network Social Indicators Study.
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The International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) has selected two articles presenting SLICA results to include in two special editions of the Social Indicators Research Series. Both books are being published by Springer. The citations are:
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For further information, see:
| SLiCA Results Workshop |
| SLiCA Results |
| Methods |
| Microdata |
| Project Activities |
| Project History |
| Country Activities |
| Contacts |
| Work in progress (project group only) |
About this Website:
The contents of this worksite is for discussion purposes only. For further information, contact the site manager, Jack Kruse at afjak@uaa.alaska.edu or the SLiCA international project director, Birger Poppel at bipo@ilisimatusarfik.gl International coordinator: Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland: www.ilisimatusarfik.gl. This website is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0120174. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.