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.

For Tickets and More Information Click HERE

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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!

More Information

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:

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.

More Info HERE

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Milestone

Founding ICCT Member Erla Macaulay Turns 100

Read about it HERE

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Life Lived

Arngerður Jóhanna (Gigi) Grímsdóttir Friðriksson (1925-2021)

Read “My early years growing up in Iceland” HERE

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Club History

Read about our inspiring leadership over the years by our ICCT Presidents

See our ICCT Presidents page HERE