What’s Happening at Your Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto?
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Language Classes
Spring 2024 language classes are about to get underway. This session is Sundays 4:00 (beginner) and 5:30 (advanced beginner)
For more information and to sign up: HERE
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Fundraiser
Every year the INLNA prints a beautiful wall calendar and the ICCT sells this calendar to raise funds for our Youth Grants charitable activities.
The 2024 Calendar is now on sale and it is a beautiful collection of photos from the Westfjords
Buy yours today and pick up some for Christmas gifts!
Buy Yours HERE
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Movie Event
Our next Nordic Nights feature is a Finnish film from 2011: Homecoming (2003) by Suvi West
More Information and Registration HERE
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Saga Connections
Saga Connections returns on March 21, 2024, at 7:30 pm EST, this is a virtual discussion focused on Western Iceland Culture and Heritage.
Join us for a discussion with Prof. Julie Salverson, Professor of Drama at Queen’s University, and an Adjunct Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada. She’ll be discussing her latest book, “Lines of Flight”.
Join online by registering at www.icct.info/saga
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Thorrablót 2024
Thorrablót 2024 is back on April 13th, 2024 at 6:00 pm at the Latvian Center in Toronto.
Come and enjoy Icelandic food, musical entertainment, children’s crafts, and a chance to bid on great items in our Silent and Live Auctions.
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Special Book Club Event
Join this special meeting of INLNA READS – the monthly book club of the INLNA which is being hosted by your Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto!
Registration (coming soon)
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Newsletter
Read the latest newsletter from the Icelandic National League of North America
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Scholarly Article
Historian Steven Bright has spent a decade researching the little known story of Z-Force the Canadian Forces personnel stationed in Iceland during WWII. Steve has shared his research twice with the Club over the years, first as a speaker at our AGM and then most recently at Saga Connections. Now his research has been published in Canadian Military History journal. Click HERE to access the article.
Reading
Browse through a collection of archival content from the ICCT’s activities, thoughts and analysis, including:
- – Ongoing History of the ICCT
- – Ode to Vínarterta (Elizabeth Handley-Derry)
- – My early years in Iceland (Gigi Friðriksson)
- – Iceland’s Financial Crisis (Donald K. Johnson)
- – Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir
And much much more. Read from the full archives HERE
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Seminar Replay
Watch a replay of our fifth Saga Connections of Season Two: “The Heart of the Music” A conversation with Icelandic-Canadian broadcaster and musician Kathleen Kajioka.
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Seminar Replay
Join us for a delightful evening with our very own Betty Jane Wylie in our next Saga Connections webinar.
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Seminar Replay
Watch a replay of our Saga Connections evening of a special discussion with Joe Martin and Steven Bright on Icelandic Canadian links in the two World Wars
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Seminar Replay
Watch a replay of our Saga Connections evening with Natalie Guttormsson diving into the fascinating world of Icelandic folklore.
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Life Lived
Arngerður Jóhanna (Gigi) Grímsdóttir Friðriksson (1925-2021)
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Club History
Read about our inspiring leadership over the years by our ICCT Presidents