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Whiteway, Margaret Amirault,
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narsson, Jon Thordarson, Tami
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son, Linda Laxdal, Robert As-
geirsson, David Gislason, the
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dóttir, Norma Guttormson,
Kris Stefanson, Chris Staran-
chuk, Jón Örn Jónsson, Jim
Wankling, Yanik Sourisseau
and Connie Magnusson Schim-
nowski.
There are always a few
people I neglect to mention at
the end of the year — this is
just due to my fallible memory.
I do my best to thank people in
person as well, and if you have
been missed above, I apologize
sincerely in advance. Gleðileg
jól og farsælt komandi ár.
EDITORIAL
David Jón Fuller
Managing Editor
Editor’s note: The follow-
ing remarks were made on the
occasion honouring Neil Bar-
dal at the Scandinavian Centre
30 November 2007, and appear
here with the author’s permis-
sion as a letter to the editor.
Dear Editor:
Lorna and I were very
pleased to be in attendance on
the occasion honouring Neil
Bardal at the Scandinavian
Centre. All of us there that
evening have our own unique
and personal relationship to
Neil — some as genuine cous-
ins, some as kissing cousins,
and the rest of us as want-to-be
cousins!
Over the years no single in-
dividual has done more for so
many segments of the Icelan-
dic community than has Neil.
His insight and his breadth
of knowledge and understand-
ing of our Icelandic community
are without equal. His visions
for its future have always been
tempered by what is achiev-
able, and have been supple-
mented by his own generous
contributions toward their re-
alization.
Within recent memory,
Neil initiated the movement
to seek much-needed ongo-
ing fi nancial support for the
Department of Icelandic and
the Icelandic Library Collec-
tion at the University of Mani-
toba. He saw that they, along
with the Chair of Icelandic
Language and Literature, col-
lectively known as the “Icelan-
dic Presence,” formed a unique
academic centre in the midst of
North America’s many Icelan-
dic communities.
Neil sowed the seeds for
what was to become the suc-
cessful VIP (Valuing the Icelan-
dic Presence) campaign, which
went on to provide fi nancial
stability for the preservation
and enhancement of the Icelan-
dic entities at the University.
That this came about is due
in large measure to the course
of action initiated by Neil and
thereafter, supported by his on-
going dedication and involve-
ment.
Thank you Neil for this
singular contribution to the
University of Manitoba, and
through it, to our Icelandic
community.
Dr. Ken Thorlakson
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