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said policies (“disbursable income") shall be used to enhance the academic programs of the
Department; and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may be used to provide
scholarships, fellowships, visiting lectureships, and support for conferences and the acqui-
sition of library materials.
4. Neither the capital of the Fund, nor investment income derived therefrom, may be
used in substitution of funds normally provided to the Department by the Faculty of Arts
of the University.
5. There shall be a Fund Committee consisting of seven members as follows: the
incumbent of the Chair in Icelandic Language and Literature (or delegate); five faculty
members appointed by the Chair, the presiding officer of the Canada Iceland Foundation
(or delegate). The Committee shall meet annually, or more frequently at the call of the
Chair, establish its own procedures and elect its own presiding officer.
6. Disbursement of disbursable income shall be effected by the Comptroller of the
University on the recommendation of the Chair after the Chair has consulted with the Fund
Committee.
Approved: January 11, 1990
Arnold Naimark, President."
Of particular note is the purpose of enhancing the teaching, research and scholarly activities of
the Department of Icelandic," with the important elaboration in paragraph 3 of what all might
(should?) be undertaken to enhance these, including “the acquisition of library materials."
During the pursuit of this campaign's objects, the HIP Committee and the University adminis-
tration together persuaded the Government of Canada to provide related support from the
Multiculturalism program. This amounted to a grant of $300,000, the capital of which has now risen
to some $440,000. The purposes for which the grant was awarded and received by the University
are captured in the following extracts from the agreement signed on 30th March, 1990.
Multicultural
Chairs of Study
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
1. PURPOSE
1.1 The University agrees to establish an Endowment Trust Fund to finance the activ-
ities of the Program as described in Annex I.
2. The University agrees:
- to use the Endowment Trust Fund and only the revenues derived from its investment
for the purposes referred to in Clause 1.1."
Annex I takes the form of a letter to the Ms. J. Young, Programme Director of the
Canadian Ethnic Studies Programme from Dr. F. G. Stambrook, Vice-President
(Academic) of the University of Manitoba on the topic University of Manitoba Chair in
Icelandic Canadian Studies. The general purpose of the "Program" is identified therein to
"enlarge the mandate of our Chair in Icelandic Language and Literature with an
increased focus on Canadian Studies" and
"to augment its successfully established programme with scholarly activity on the
comparative aspects of the Canadian experience with the homeland history".
Finally, in elaboration:
"The new Canadian Studies focus will clearly strengthen the scholarly endeavours of
the Chair. This will be accomplished initially by visiting appointments, special lectures and
workshops, and research activities. As opportune at some future point, an academic
appointment in one of the Canadian-Icelandic specialty areas will be made."