Our third Saga Connections event will be Part 2 of the Kinmount story: Rediscovering Kinmount. This will follow up the Part 1 discussion we had on December 3, 2020 where Don Gislason, Gail Einarson-McCleery and historian Guy Scott told the story of the original Icelandic immigrants who arrived in Kinmount in 1874. Part 2 will […]
Our fourth Saga Connections event will be Joe Martin in conversation with Donald K. Johnson, discussing Don’s new book Lessons Learned on Bay Street. Donald K. Johnson is a well-known prominent member of the Icelandic-Canadian community in Toronto. He was born in Lundar, Manitoba and was a leading investment banker in Canada for over 50 years and […]
ICCT Saga Connection: Our Stories. Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 7:30pm EST Zoom by Gwen Sigrid Morgan & Katrine Handley-Derry Saga Connections emerged about one third of the way into our forced isolation during the Pandemic. Set afloat in our islands of house and home, we had more time for reflection and a reconfiguring […]
We are very pleased to have Andri Snær Magnason from Iceland coming to Saga Connections on June 2, 2021 at 7:30pm EDT. Andri Snær Magnason is an award winning poet, writer and documentary film-maker author in Iceland. Magnason’s novel, LoveStar got the Philip K Dick Special Citation 2013, and the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire […]
Fashion designer, Linda Lundström will open the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto’s new season of Saga Connections on September 22, 2021. Join us for this exciting event and be one of the first to have a peak at Linda Lundström’s new Therma Kōta Fall styles. As a bonus for us, the backdrop for her promotional […]
Our next Saga Connections event will be Building Bridges with Folklore: From Iceland to Beyond. An evening with Natalie Guttormsson. Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Zoom ONLINE at 7:30. Stories are powerful. Icelandic descendants and fans of Iceland know this. From the sagas to the rich body of lore, Iceland is teeming with powerful stories. And […]