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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Vol. 61 #2
Contributors
RICHARD BECK was born in Svinaskalastekkur, Iceland. He was head of the
department of modem and classical languages at the University of North Dakota and
while there published fifteen books and more than five hundred articles. He received
two honorary doctorates from the University of Iceland.
LINDA F. SIGURDSON COLLETTE is the daughter of Helga Sigurdson and
the late Johann Straumfjord Sigurdson of Lundar, Manitoba. She graduated from the
University of Manitoba, was a teacher, vice-principal, and worked for the Canada
Revenue Agency. She continues to participate in many organizations in Winnipeg and
is the founder of the reading society, Lestrarfelagi Gleym-Mer-Ei (1996).
CAROLYN CRIPPEN, Ph.D., is the Assistant Dean of Education, University of
Manitoba. This paper was presented at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland in
2004. Dr. Crippen returned to Iceland for research leave in February 2008. Her
research agenda includes servant-leadership and educational administration.
crippen@cc.umanitoba.ca
CATHIE ELIASSON is a high school counsellor in Winnipeg. She is the grand-
daughter of Falcon defenseman Konnie Johannesson, daughter of Bill and Connie
(Johannesson) Appleby, and niece of Brian Johannesson, creator of the Falcon web-
site. The hockey tradition continues as her two daughters have played with the
University of Manitoba Bison Women's hockey team.
BORGA JAKOBSON is a member of the Gleym-mer-ei Reading club. She has
done book reviews and translations from Icelandic to English. She lives in Winnipeg
and spends summers in Gimli.
KEVIN JON JOHNSON, B.A. (Honours), B. Ed., M.A. lives with his wife
Tamami and their son Go Maeda Peter in Sakai, Japan. Kevin teaches at Osaka
YMCA International School and also serves as Coordinator of their Saturday School
Programme. In 2004, his autobiographical novel Deep Structure Comedy was pub-
lished.
SHIRLEY THORDARSON McCREEDY - is a Winnipeg music teacher and
active in several Icelandic Canadian organizations. She is a Past Regent and presently
the Education Officer of the Jon Sigurdsson Chapter IODE. Her father was Fred
Thordarson, author of Romance of the Falcons.
DR. ROSS MITCHELL was the late past president of the Manitoba Historical
Soceity. He was long interested in the medical history of the West.
MARGARET WISHNOWSKI lives in Riverton, MB. She is well-known through
her work as a teacher. Her involvement in the project to restore the old CPR as a her-
itage building is one example of her many contributions to community work. She is
known for her expertise as a tutor for Icelandic students, and for her interest in
Icelandic activities. She is a former fjallkona.