The Icelandic Canadian - 01.08.2002, Side 45

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Contributors
FREYJA ARNASON is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a major in
Political Science.
LARK BARKER is currently teaching Business Communication and English at the
International University, Tec de Monterrey, Mexico.
ROSA BENEDIKTSON (1900-1995) was the youngest child of Stephan G.
Stephansson and his wife Helga. In 1953, Rosa travelled to Iceland to unveil a cenotaph
erected at Arnarstapa in SkagafjorSur, Iceland on the 100th anniversary of Stephan G.'s
birth. On August 10, 1975 Rosa addressed a crowd of Icelanders and Canadians gathered
on the occasion of the dedication of Stephansson House as an Alberta provincial historic
site, and at the age of eighty-two she once again addressed those gathered, this time, to
celebrate the official opening of the House.
AGNES COMACK is a wife, mother, amma, artist, writer and octogenarian. She
lives in Winnipeg with her husband Hugh.
hjAlmar w. hannesson - teacher, diplomat, ambassador, was presented to
the Governor General in Ottawa Canada with his Credentials as Iceland's first
Ambassador to Canada, April 9, 2001. His wife is Anna Birgis and they have three chil-
dren and four grandchildren.
KAREN McELREA’S work has appeared or will be in future issues of various pub-
lications, including Geist, The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, Event, Boomerang
(UK), Broken Pencil, (EX)CITE, Kiss Machine, The Nashwaak Review and Wascana
Review. She lives in Winnipeg.
NORMAN SIGURDSON is a Winnipeg-based freelance writer whose book
reviews appear frequently in the Winnipeg Free Press. He has also written for the
Toronto Star, the Kingston Whig Standard, the Montreal Gazette and other publications
KELDA VOPNFORD is 21 years-old and lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Kelda and
Leif’s parents are David and Barbara Vopnford, their Icelandic grandparents are Sigrid
and the late Walter Vopnford, of Point Roberts, Washington.