In 2013, she became the director of the Gáldu Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was based in Kautokeino Municipality, Norway.

degree in 2001[3] and her doctorate in international law in 2010, with a dissertation entitled "The Sámi People's Right to Self-determination".

She also participated in the negotiations on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on behalf of the Sami Parliament.

[3] During the Sami parliamentary election of 2009, she was the first candidate on the Árja party's list for the second (Ávjovárri) electoral district.

][citation needed] Vars was in 2021 appointed as member of the board of Redd Barna (Save the Children) Norway.