The Icelandic Canadian - 01.10.2002, Side 43

Vol. 57 #2
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Contributors
CHRISTINE JOHANSSON BEST has been a member of the Silver Quills
Writing Club of Saskatoon for many years and enjoys writing memories of her
childhood in Arborg, Manitoba. Three of her stories have previously been pub-
lished in the Icelandic Canadian. Christine and husband, Bert, have retired to
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
KIRSTEN BROOKS is a Winnipeg poet and performer. As well, she is a stu-
dent of Anthropology, interested in pursuing studies in the cross cultural compar-
ison between Icelandic and Ojibwe peoples.
MATTIE CLEGG is a first generation Canadian, whose parents were
Hermann von Renesse from Koln, Germany and Ingibjorg (Emma) Sveinsdottir
from Norurmulasysla Iceland, born and raised in Arborg, Manitoba, Mattie is
keenly interested in genealogy, Icelandic culture and the arts. She was Fjallkona for
the Icelanders of Victoria, 2000. She is retired, living on Vancouver Island with her
husband, Alan.
GAIL EINARSON-MCCLEERY was born in 1939 in Gimli, Manitoba of
Icelandic parentage(Disa Helgason and Stanley Einarson), and was raised on a farm
in the Minerva district. After retiring from a 30 year career with CBC-TV, she and
her husband Eric became active in the Icelandic community. Gail was President of
the Icelandic club in Toronto and organized the Vikings in Canada Gala in
Millennium year, after which she was awarded the Order of the Falcon. She has
been Director of the International Visits Program of the INL since 1998.
ELVA SIMUNDSSON is the regional librarian for Fisheries and Oceans
Canada, Central & Arctic Region. Elva is a resident of Gimli and has taught
Icelandic language classes in Winnipeg and Gimli.
LORNA TERGESEN is a member of the board of the Icelandic Canadian
Magazine. She is involved in several other Icelandic community organizations.
JOHN WEIER is the author of a number of books, among them Friends
Coming Back As Animals, Marshwalker: Naturalist Memoirs, Coils of the Yamuna,
and Steppe: A Novel. He is also an avid birder; he has birded in South Africa, India,
Iceland, Syria, across Europe and North America. John lives in Winnipeg where he
works as a writer and a luthier—a violin restorer.