NOK 6 million to petroleum technology assessment project for the Arctic

Ottawa’s famous winter festival will this year feature Norwegian cultural traditions and history. Anyone visiting Winterlude will have the opportunity to get acquainted with Norwegian Fairytales and legends from the North, learn about the Indigenous Sami people and see the famous polar explorer Roald Amundsen’s own photos from the expeditions to the Northwest Passage and the South Pole.

Norwegian artist Anne Senstad’s The Kinesthesia of Saint Brigid will be on display at St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts from 29 January to 17 February 2012. The work has been adapted to overlay St Brigid’s organ, and bring it to life with morphing colors and four channel surround sound composed by JG Thirlwell.

Norway Cup is the largest soccer tournament in the world with 1400-1600 teams participating every year. The players are from 10 to 19 years old and represent over 50 nations. The tournament is played in Norway’s capital Oslo in week 31.

Både i Norge og Canada legges det stor vekt på internasjonalt samarbeid innen høyere utdanning og forskning og det arbeides stadig med å legge forholdene til rette for samarbeid mellom institusjoner i våre to land. En viktig del i dette arbeidet er Norges Nord-Amerika-strategi, som i oktober 2011 blir lansert i revidert utgave for 2012 – 2015 .