The Icelandic Canadian - 01.04.2007, Blaðsíða 45

Vol. 61 #1
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Contributors
BRETT ARNASON, besides having a passion for Icelandic horses has now
taken up competitive speed skating and fared very well. Tie claims both horses and
skating reduce stress.
KAREN EMILSON is an Icelander by marriage, living in the Siglunes farm-
ing community near Vogar, Manitoba. She is a full time writer who has written and
published three non-fiction books and is currently working on fiction.
BRIAN GUDMUNDSON is a fourth generation “Western Icelander” who
resides in Winnipeg with his wife, Anne. Their son Kyle has been in Iceland study-
ing Icelandic full time and married C)l6f Sigridur IndriSadottir in Iceland where
they plan to live. Brian maintains a website, Samkoma which shares over 1,000
quality links of Icelandic information in English text. Brian and Anne
Gudmundson have visited Iceland on several occasions. Brian is the current
President of Framfari, INL Winnipeg.
GAIL HALLDORSON is a retired high school librarian who lives in Sandy
Hook, MB. She volunteers her time with many community projects such a the
New Iceland Heritage Museum.
TANYA JOHANNSON is a librarian with the Evergreen School Division.
She is the granddaughter of Jon Johannson, the first child born after the landing in
Gimli, 1875.
SIMONE RENEE MORIN is the great granddaughter of Icelandic compos-
er and poet, Guttormur J. Guttormsson. She is an award-winnipeg poet and short
story wrtier who divides her time between creative writing and managing a 100-
member small dog playgroup in Winnipeg.
MAUREEN MARTIN OSLAND was born and raised in Churchill,
Manitoba. She moved to Whitehorse, Yukon in 1989 and back to Manitoba in
2000. She still has family ties in Churchill and visits the community regularly.
Throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s she watched as the community came together in
an effort to learn how to live with the Polar Bears and grow an industry that would
allow the world to see these beautiful animals. She has always been proud of the
respect the people of Churchill have shown to the bears while developing world
class tourism opportunities around them.
JENNIFER VIGFUSSON is of Icelandic descent. She was born in British
Columbia and now resides in Gimli with her family. She enjoys journaling, writ-
ing short stories and poetry. She is also an active member of the Lake Winnipeg
Writers Group.
JOHN WILSON and DENISE WILKINS. John is an award-winning
wildlife cinematographer who has been filming for television since 1974. Denise is
an avid environmentalist and naturalist who worked in U.S. and Canadian parks
for 17 years. In 1993, they combined talents and began producing documentaries
for television and live theatre presentations.