CIFI Snorri Fund 2022

from the Canada Iceland Foundation

Since the inception of the first Snorri Program in 1999, the Canada Iceland Foundation has given a bursary to each Canadian Snorri to aid in financing their participation in the ‘Discover Your Roots in Iceland’ adventure. Time and again, our Icelandic Canadian cultural community has seen how the returning Snorri participants have become more aware of their ties to their Icelandic heritage and culture. Many of them are now more engaged in making significant contributions to their home communities. Their enthusiasm enriches us all.

To help the Foundation continue and expand this support, we are encouraging people in the Icelandic Canadian community to donate funds, to the extent they can, to the CIFI’s new fundraising initiative. The Foundation has established a special ‘Snorri Fund’. The plan is to grow the fund’s principal and with that, continue to assist the Canadian young adults who are approved to attend the program each year. In 2021, the Foundation received two generous donations from individuals that are forming the core of this fund. We are appealing to all of you who are interested in helping us invest in the future of our collective communities by supporting the next generation of leaders in the Icelandic Canadian community organizations all across Canada.

The Canada Iceland Foundation Inc. is a Canada Revenue Agency registered charity and the options for making a donation can be found on the Foundation’s website: http://www.canadaicelandfoundation.ca. Other details or arrangements can be made by contacting the Foundation’s president by e-mail at chairman@canadaicelandfoundation.ca. Donations of money or securities of any size are welcome and the gifts given today will ensure that the Foundation can continue its good work into future.

Canada Iceland Foundation, Inc. Scholarship Applications Due September 30th

The Canada Iceland Foundation, Inc. is accepting applications for scholarships to be awarded to students in post-secondary studies.

Visit their website and fill in the online application:
https://canadaicelandfoundation.ca/scholarships-grants/2016-02-06-19-58-32

Applications will be accepted until 30th September. Send in one application, the CIFI Scholarship Committee will review applications against the criteria of the individual scholarships and they will allocate awards based on their assessments.

Writer's Grant Award

The Goodman Writer's Grant- $ 4,000 CAD

A grant of $4,000 CAD is available to assist an emerging writer, administered by the Canada Iceland Foundation and offered through the Icelandic Connection journal. Subject of the work must be about the Icelandic-Canadian presence, its history or otherwise be related to the author's connection to an Icelandic and/or Icelandic-North American theme. This grant will be awarded in each of the five years, 2021 to 2025.

The 2021 award will be accepting submissions until Friday, October 1 at 4PM CT, with the award recipient notified by December 1, 2021. Please fill out the application form provided on the Icelandic Connection journal website.  Forward any other documentation and/or written submission via email to editor@icecon.ca

The work must be written in the English language with the intention of publication and can be in the style of the writer’s choice (novel, treatise, collection of poems, historical documentation, etc.). There are no criteria around word count, but the writing should be of a length appropriate for the style and content. If the work is longer than a novella, it is suggested that a representative chapter be submitted for the application. The work must be unpublished at the time of application and the writer should provide clear intentions of the publication plans for the piece. The work may be completed or uncompleted, but if uncompleted, the author should provide sufficient content to clearly demonstrate the character of the finished work. The grant recipient should be prepared to provide acknowledgement of the grant support upon publication.

This grant would not be possible without the generous support of Dr Ron Goodman.