The Icelandic Canadian - 01.04.2001, Side 45

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Contributors
FREYJA ARNASON is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a major in
Political Science. She is going to Spain this spring to study Spanish and hopes to pursue a
career in international development.
MURIEL DODGE was the second eldest of three children bom in Winnipeg, Manitoba
to Svava (Bardal) and Lome Farrell. Muriel married Gerald Dodge in 1958 and they had four
children - Sharon, Brenda, Greg and Gordon. Shortly after their marraige, they moved to
Williams Lake, where she and her husband went into the ranching industry for 25 years, rais-
ing beef cattle for market. Muriel’s long term interest in her Icelandic background was stimu-
lated by a pilgrimage excursion to Iceland with her mother, Svava, in 1988. They visited most
of their relatives there and Muriel came to apprecaite her Nordic heritage. Her maternal grand-
parents were Arinbjorn Sigurgeirsson Bardal, born at Svartarkot, Bardardalur,
Thingeyjarsysla, Iceland; and Margret Olafsdottir, born at Adalboli, Midfirdi, Hunavatnssysla,
Iceland.
DONALD E. GISLASON of Toronto is a retired high school Geography teacher and
Department Head. He has published a number of articles about Icelandic immigration and set-
tlement in North America. As a millennial project of the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto,
he researched and wrote The Icelanders of Kinmount, which traces the preamble to the found-
ing of Gimli, Manitoba.
LINDA M. GOODMAN received her B.A. and B.Ed from the University of Manitoba.
She is editor, author and ad designer of her own weekly community newspaper, Gimli Today.
Born in Ontario, but raised in Germany and Winnipeg, Linda now resides in the R.M. of Gimli
with her husband Eric, a commercial fisherman.
FRANK SIGURDSON is a son of Jon Sigurdsson and Sigrun Sigvaldadottir of Vidir,
Manitoba. He has a B.A., M.ed. and a M.A. in History, from the University of Manitoba. He
is a retired School Principal from the Winnipeg School Division No. 1.
REV. STEFAN JONASSON is a Unitarian minister and member of the board of direc-
tors of The Icelandic Canadian. He presently serves as Coordinator of Services for Large
Congregations with the Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston, Massachusetts. He also
serves as minister of the Unitarian churches in Arborg and Gimli. He lives in Winnipeg with
his wife, Cindy, and daughters, Brandis and Heather.
EVELYN THORVALDSON has been and remains very active in the Icelandic commu-
nity. She was raised in Lundar as explained in her book MyAmma and Me published in 1993.
LILLIAN VILBORG retired after 26 years with the University of Alberta as Law
Librarian and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law. Lillian has re-located to Winnipeg, the
city of her birth and formative years.
LEN AND KAREN VOPNFJORD left from Victoria, although they have deep
Manitoba roots. Both Len & Karen enjoy singing and have entertained the Icelandic commu-
nity often. Richard Breedsten, originally from California, is a practicing Buddist. He has a
masters degree in communication.