AYN is welcoming Mitchell Sallis as our new Lead of the AIP!

Residing in the Yukon, Canada, Mitchell supports educational equity initiatives as an experiential educator. He has led youth expeditions with National Geographic across much of the circumpolar world, as well as in Fiji and Nepal, working to bridge international youth with Indigenous voices. Mitchell holds a Master’s in Polar Law from the University of Akureyri, Iceland, where he focused particularly on Arctic Indigenous rights.

His inspiration stems from his extensive work with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities across Canada’s remote regions, co-developing and co-facilitating educational programs grounded in local knowledge systems.

Mitchell’s engagement with Arctic youth is grounded in a commitment to creating spaces where Indigenous knowledge and leadership drives change.

In his role as the Lead of the AIP, he is excited to advance Indigenous youth-led initiatives that center transparency, equity in educational opportunity, shared leadership, and community collaboration. Driven by a belief in the power of education as a tool for collective action, he is dedicated to making complex Arctic issues more accessible and relevant to the next generation of leaders.

AYN is welcoming Johanna Hasenburg as our new Outreach Coordinator!

Johanna is currently pursuing her Master in the Joint Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Law and joined the AYN in 2025. Deeply interested in the Arctic Ocean and Arctic (marine) ecosystems, she has joined the AYO and co-kicked off its webinar series “Why Care?”. Based on her previous volunteering experience with and within Youth networks, Johanna believes in an environment in which everyone is able to participate, engage and benefit to their fullest potential. To this goal, she has dedicated her work as the outreach coordinator of the AYN.

Since May 2025, Johanna has been working on establishing a platform for Youth Opportunities for Arctic Youth!

This platform will soon be published on our AYN Website!

The aim of this position is to create one place in which we can share the most important and interesting opportunities for Arctic youth, in a format that is easily navigatable for all!

Currently AYN members are working on two publications on Resilience in the Arctic and Resilience of Arctic Indigenous youth!

Our Study on the Arctic Youth Network with the title: Cross-border Cooperation as a Pillar of Resilience in the Arctic: The Case Study of the Arctic Youth Network has been accepted for a publication in Climate Action with Global Inclusion: Perspectives, Lessons and Observations from Indigenous Youths on Climate Adaptation and Resilience in Springer-Nature: part of the series ‘Informed Decisionmaking for Sustainability‘.

Expected publication at the end of 2025.

Authors of the publication:

Dr Elena Kavanagh

Advisor to the Arctic Youth Network, Research Lead, Indigenous Rights Cluster, School of Law, University College Cork;

Anastasia-Svenia Körner

Board of Directors member of the Arctic Youth Network, Researcher of Indigenous Peoples’ cultural rights and climate litigation at the University of Eastern Finland.

Another publication on the Arctic Youth Network called: Braiding Resilience: The Arctic Youth Network and Transnational Youth Empowerment in the Circumpolar North has furthermore been accepted for the Nord University and Havard Kennedy School‘s book for the Arctic Resilience Project named “What it means to be resilient: Lessons from the Arctic”.

Expected publication in summer 2026!

Authors of the publication:

Dr Elena Kavanagh

Advisor to the Arctic Youth Network, Research Lead, Indigenous Rights Cluster, School of Law, University College Cork;

Anastasia-Svenia Körner

Board of Directors member of the Arctic Youth Network, Researcher of Indigenous Peoples’ cultural rights and climate litigation at the University of Eastern Finland;

Jessica Hall

Member, Arctic Youth Network; Researcher, Foundation for Law and International Affairs (FLIA).

Currently we do not have any open vacancies at AYN.

Any open vacancies will be posted here and on our social media channels!