A Circumpolar Movement

The Society became a charter member of the International Union for Circumpolar Health in March 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden. The International Union is an important vehicle for international collaboration in circumpolar health. Through the International Union for Circumpolar Health, CSCH is affiliated with the following circumpolar sister organizations:

• American Society for Circumpolar Health (ASCH)
• Danish/Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health
• Nordic Society for Circumpolar Health (NSCH)
• Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS-SB) English / Russian
• Finnish Society of Arctic Medicine and Biology (ATBY)
• Icelandic Society for Arctic Medicine
• International Network for Circumpolar Health Research (INCHR)
• Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR)
• Swedish Society for Arctic Medicine

Currently, CSCH is represented by Susan Chatwood and Crystal Lennie on the IUCH Council.

Secretariat

In 2009, the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research based in Yellowknife took over duties associated with the functioning of the society from the National Aboriginal Health Organization in Ottawa.