The Icelandic Canadian - 01.09.1964, Blaðsíða 55

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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treal, Que. where she received a similar
award for her work toward her under-
graduate degree. Mrs. Brown currently
holds a teaching position on the faculty
of the school of nursing, University of
Manitoba. She is the daughter of Mrs.
Fridrik Kristjanson of Winnipeg and
the late Mr. Kristjanson.
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ACCEPTS TEACHING ASSIGN-
MENT IN NIGERIA
Mr. Olafur Allan Olson, School
Principal, who has been Principal of
the Neepawa Collegiate for the last
three years, and has taught in other
Collegiates in Manitoba has accepted
an assignment to teach in a secondary
school at Kaduna, in Nigeria, Africa.
Nigeria has a population of about
45 million and there is a great dearth
of teachers and other trained people.
Fortunately there are many applicants
for these jobs. From Manitoba alone,
38 teachers applied and only 6 were
accepted.
The schools are maintained by the
government of Nigeria and the Com-
monwealth Aid Plan. The teachers
are under a contract for two years, no
doubt renewable.
Mr. Olson will be teaching in Ka-
duna which is on a plateau so above
the tropical heat of the coast line and
other parts of Nigeria.
Nigeria is one of the former Com-
monwealth of Nations colonies, which,
upon obtaining its independence, de-
cided to stay within the Common-
wealth.
Mr. Olson is married and his wife
Phyllis and their two children, Jona
Elizabeth, 4, and David Allan 2, will
Olafur Allan Olson
go with him. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Olafur IT Olson of Winnipeg.
His father is a son of the late Arnljot-
ur Olson who donated his large library
of Icelandic books to the University of
Manitoba. His mother, Elinborg, is a
daughter of the late Sigurdur and
Maria Baldwinson who pioneered at
The Narrows on the east shore of Lake
Manitoba.
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