UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education

UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity focuses on teacher education for different levels of education, with a specific focus on social justice and diversity in education. The UArctic, Universities of Arctic's thematic networks foster issues-based cooperation within networks that are focused but flexible enough to respond quickly to topical Arctic issues. Read more about UArctic thematic networks (TNs) www.uarctic.org.

Overall Goal

The network will enhance teacher education for equality and social justice in the Arctic region. Short-term goals will be to advance shared research on topics relevant to TN’s members, establish steady cooperation between teacher educators across the member universities, and stimulate staff and student exchange. A long-term goal will be to develop a virtual research and resource centre for high quality teacher education research and practice.

Main Activities

The network aims to facilitate interaction and promote research and joint teaching among the teacher education programmes in the member universities. At the initial stage, the network envisages the following:

• Shared research
• Publishing a joint book
• Joint conference presentations
• Co-authoring research articles
• Common study modules/study courses
• Student/teacher/researcher mobility, both short-term and full-term visits, including teaching and research

Co-creating culturally responsive arctic pedagogies and transformative teacher education to enable agency and sustainability for the Circumpolar North.

A slogan created together by the members 2017.

• Cape Breton University Canada
  Leigh Potvin (leigh_potvin(at)cbu.ca)
  Carolin Kreber (carolin_kreber(at)cbu.ca)
  
• Copenhagen Business School Denmark
  Benedikte Brinker (Beb.mpp(at)cbs.dk)
• Leeds Beckett University United Kingdom
  Mhairi Beaton (M.C.Beaton(at)leedsbeckett.ac.uk)
• Luleå University of Technology Sweden
  Eva Alerby (eva.alerby(at)ltu.se)
• Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada
  Kirk Anderson (kirk.anderson(at)mun.ca)
  Sylvia Moore (sylvia.moore(at)mun.ca)
  Anne Burke (amburke(at)mun.ca)
• Mongolian National University of Education Mongolia
  Burmaa Tsoodol (burmaa(at)msue.edu.mn) 
  Dembereldorj Uuriintuya (uuriintuya.d(at)msue.edu.mn)
• Murmansk Arctic State University Russia
  Inna Ryzhkova (innaryzhkova(at)yandex.ru)
  Tatiana Kuzmicheva (tvkuzmicheva(at)gmail.com)
• Nord University Norway
  Heidi Harju-Luukkainen (heidi.k.harju-luukkainen(at)nord.no)
• Northern (Arctic) Federal University Russia
  Natalia Flotskaya (n.flotskaya(at)narfu.ru)
  Oksana Obrazcova (o.obrazcova(at)narfu.ru)

• Sámi Education Institute Finland
  Eeva-Liisa Rasmus-Moilanen (eeva-liisa.rasmus-moilanen(at)sogsakk.fi)
  Mika Aromäki (mika.aromaki(at)sogsakk.fi)
• Sámi University of Applied Sciences Norway
  Ylva Jannok Nutti (Ylva.Jannok.Nutti(at)samiskhs.no) 
  Rauna Rahko-Ravantti (Rauna.Rahko-Ravantti(at)samiskhs.no)
• UiT - The Arctic University of Norway Norway
  Gregor Maxwell (gregor.maxwell(at)uit.no)
  Anne-Mette Bjøru (anne.m.bjoru(at)uit.no)
• Umeå University Sweden
  Björn Norlin (bjorn.norlin(at)umu.se)
• Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines France
  Harald Schraeder (harald.schraeder(at)uvsq.fr)
  Jacques-Wilfred Amechia (jaques-wilfred.amechia(at)uvsq.fr)
• University of Aberdeen Scotland
  Kirsten Darling McQuistan (kirsten.darling-mcquistan(at)abdn.ac.uk)
  Peter Mtika (peter.mtika(at)abdn.ac.uk)
• University of Akureyri Iceland
  Hermína Gunnþórsdóttir (hermina(at)unak.is) 
  Valgerður S. Bjarnadóttir (Valgerdur(at)unak.is)

• University of Alaska Anchorage United States
  Diane Hirshberg (dbhirshberg(at)alaska.edu)
• University of Alaska Fairbanks United States
  Ute Kaden (ukaden(at)alaska.edu)
• University of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
  Erla Olsen (erlao(at)setur.fo)
  Kalpana Vijayavarathan (KalpanaV(at)setur.fo)
• University of Greenland Greenland
  Lars Demant-Poort (lap(at)uni.gl)
• University of Helsinki Finland
• University of Iceland Iceland
  Karen Rut Gisladóttir (karenrut(at)hi.is)
• University of Lapland Finland
  Tuija Turunen (tuija.turunen(at)ulapland.fi)
• University of Manitoba Canada
  Frank Deer (frank.deer(at)umanitoba.ca)
• University of Oulu Finland
  Marjatta Takala (marjatta.takala(at)oulu.fi)
  Mervi Heikkinen (mervi.heikkinen(at)oulu.fi)
  Marko Kielinen (marko.kielinen(at)oulu.fi)
• University of Prince Edward Island Canada
  Ron MacDonald (rjmacdonald(at)upei.ca)
  Kathy Snow (ksnow(at)upei.ca)
• University of Turku Finland
  Heli Vigren (hevigr(at)utu.fi)
  Lauri Kemppinen (laukem(at)utu.fi)

Tuija Turunen Janette Peltokorpi

Professor, (Lead) Project coordinator
Faculty of Education Faculty of Education
University of Lapland University of Lapland
+358 40 4844 124 +358 40 484 4485
tuija.turunen@ulapland.fi janette.peltokorpi@ulapland.fi