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The Icelandic National League of North America (INL of NA) was formed in 1918 and held its founding convention on March 25, 1919 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since the very beginning, it has played a leading role in most public spirited and cultural activities among the Icelandic people in Canada and the United States of America.
INL OF NA WELCOMES ITS NEWEST MEMBERS….
THE ICELANDIC ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO
Click here for more pictures from the Icelandic Association of Chicago.
and Icelandic Care Home Höfn Society, Vancouver, BC
2012 INLNA Calendar Photos available for viewing
Photographers from all over North America and Iceland submitted wonderful photographs for the 2012 Tracks Across Iceland calendar. The INLNA calendar can only hold so many photographs, so we’ve made them available to the public through the INLofNA website. Click here and sit back and relax!
CO-OPERATIVE VENTURE BRINGS JOURNALIST SIGRÚN DAVÍÐSDÓTTIR TO VICTORIA AND MANITOBA
The Beck Trust at the University of Victoria has been running a lecture series featuring prominent Icelanders since 1988.
When Sigrún Davíðsdóttir comes to deliver three lectures at the end of February, a new element will have been added…a chance for more North American Icelanders to hear her … specifically INL of NA´s Gimli Icelandic Canadian Society and The Páll Guðmundsson Lecture Series at the University of Manitoba. This is the result of a generous offer from the Beck Trust officers John Tucker and Trish Baer to share her visit.
Sigrún is an Icelandic journalist, broadcaster and writer based in London. Since 2008, she has been investigating the collapse of the Icelandic banks. She won the prize for the best Icelandic children’s book in 1989. Her second novel was published in 2011. Apart from her radio work, http://www.ruv.is/pistlar/sigrun-davidsdottir , Sigrún has a blog in English, http://uti.is/ , and has just published a novel in Iceland, “Samhengi hlutanna,'' http://uppheimar.is/frettirpage.asp?ID=712. A brief summary of her work is available at http://radaris.co.uk/p/Sigrun/Davidsdottir/.
The topics on which she will speak in Victoria are:
A) The difference between the financial crisis in Iceland and that of the rest of Europe.
Uniquely, the Icelandic financial sector was mostly wiped out in 2008. Excessive lending is a problem in the developed world but Iceland’s banking practices throw a light on international banking.
B) Icelandic cuisine: from poverty to pizzas. For centuries, Icelandic cuisine was characterized by poverty but is now making an inspired use of local products.
C) “Not a Single Word” (‘Samhengi hlutanna’)– on writing a novel about the darker sides of one’s own country. the interplay between fiction and reality in a docu-drama on a country in a crisis shock.
(The novel is only in Icelandic at this time. The publisher is Uppheimar. You can't order on the web but if you send an email to kristjan@uppheimar.is you can order copies)
Beck Trust lectures at University of Victoria:
Sunday, 26 February, 2:00 p.m.
"Icelandic Cuisine: from poverty to pizzas"
Clearihue Building, Room C311
Monday, 27 February, 2:30 p.m.
"Not a Single Word: a docu-drama on a country in crisis"
Clearihue Building, Room A307
Tuesday, 28 February, 7:30 p.m.
"Economic Crises: Iceland's vs Europe's"
Clearihue Building, Room C311
INL of NA t-shirts, Great Gift!
We still have a few of the beautiful INL of NA t-shirts available, sizes small and medium.
The t-shirts are $15 plus shipping costs of:
$4 each within Canada ($19) and $5 each to U.S.A. ($20)
They are 100% good quality cotton and sizes are quite generous.
Measuring (from armpit to armpit across front)
-- the small is 18 inches
-- and the medium is 19.5 inches across front
Email Gwen at the INLOFNA Office
Send cheque to:
INLOFNA office
#103 - 94 1st Ave.
Gimli, MB
R0C 1B1
INTRODUCTION OF THE 'ICELANDIC ONLINE CLUB'
Since 1919, the 'Icelandic National League of North America' has been meeting the needs of their members in many various ways, including local clubs where members can interact and participate with one another. Although the benefits of joining a local club are immeasurable, it has not been an option for members living outside the radius of local clubs. Realizing the needs of those members, the INLNA has been exploring the benefits of technology to meet those needs, and are excited to announce the addition of a new, interactive, online club called the 'Icelandic Online Club.'
By creating an online club, the INLNA feels this will allow members who are unable to participate in a local club due to their location, to be able to participate in an interactive online club, by using various methods of technology to meet the needs of its online members. Although this cannot replace the personal interaction provided by participating in a local club, it will allow those that were never able to participate, to benefit from being in an Icelandic club. The new online club will be a fully participating chapter of the INLNA, members will have access to 'Icelandic National League' information, voting rights at the annual Convention, and inclusion in INLNA projects.
The INL of NA will be launching the new interactive, 'Icelandic Online Club' December 31, 2011. For additional information on the club or how to join, go to http://inlofna.org/IOC/ . Help spread the word to others, or be one of the first to join the new online club! The club is available to all Icelanders, people of Icelandic descent, and people interested in all things Icelandic. Come join us!
Reviews of Mats' very successful tour coming soon. In the meantime:
Mats main website is: www.mats.is
His interactive website, set up especuialy for the Ancestral Farm Photo presentations is: http://mats.photoshelter.com
On this site you can view each and every presentation and also set up a preliminary order and get price quotes for final decision on whether or not to buy or alter you order.
Click here for instructions on how to order.
MATS WIBE LUND BRINGS HIS BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS OF ICELAND’S FARMS TO NORTH AMERICA
In the latest N.A. tour by the International Visits Program of the INL of NA, photographer Mats Wibe Lund from Iceland will visit 11 clubs and feature his pictures of ancestral farms in their natural surroundings, be it the mountains, glaciers, or seaside.
Flying his own plane, Mats has photographed most of the farms and towns in Iceland and will be custom making his presentations to feature farms submitted by INL club members, from which their ancestors immigrated to NA. This is an unique opportunity for us, and digital images will also be for sale.
If you haven’t yet submitted your farm name, it is not too late! The deadline has been extended to July 30th… send in the name of the farm, its location, the names of your forefathers who emigrated from it … to the president of your local club and also to the IVP Committee … Joan Eyolfson Cadham at joan@lh-inc.ca; Claire Eckley ceckley @ cgeckley@juno.com and to Gail gaileinarsonmccleery@gmail.com.
We cannot guarantee that all farm names will be included in the presentation due to time limitations.
We are very grateful to Icelandair for helping to make this tour possible.
Make sure to come out to see Mats’ show … locations and dates are on the next page; more information from local presidents as to venue and times.
The 2012 INL of NA Calendar is now available
$10.00 plus shipping
Contact the INLofNA Office
103-94 First Avenue
Gimli, MB R0C 1B1
204-642-5897
inl@mymts.net
or the INL chapter nearest you
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