Lögberg-Heimskringla - 15.06.2019, Page 16

VISIT OUR WEBSITE LH-INC.CA
16 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • June 15 2019
VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW.
Financial Advisor
WWW.CANADAICELANDFOUNDATION.CA
The Canada Iceland Foundation is an organization funded by Canadians of
Icelandic descent, dedicated to the preservation of their cultural heritage
The Foundation grants several scholarships upon application every year
WE INVITE STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS ON OUR WEBSITE AT:
o ered
Application deadline September 30th, 2019
Ambassador Pétur met
with Senator Marilou
McPhedran of Manitoba to
discuss human rights, gender
equality, and the relationship
between Iceland and the
people of Manitoba
PHOTO: EMBASSY OF ICELAND
Christopher Deacon, president and and CEO
of the National Arts Centre, Arna Einarsdóttir,
new managing director of the NAC Orchestra,
Jóhanna Gunnarsdóttir, Pétur Ásgeirsson
PHOTO: EMBASSY OF ICELAND
On May 14, the ambassador hosted a reception
for participants in the Future Leaders program
of the Fisheries Council of Canada
The ambassador with Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez,
President of Panama, and Isabel Saint Malo, Vice President
and Minister for Foreign Affairs
The ambassador speaks to students in the Outdoor
Adventure Program at Algonquin College
Ambassador Pétur with Prime Minister
of Canada Justin Trudeau
PHOTO: EMBASSY OF ICELAND
On May 6, Ambassador Pétur joined other diplomats on a
visit to the House of Commons interim chamber
PHOTOS: EMBASSY OF ICELAND
Above: Hosting visiting troubadour
Svavar Knútur (from left), Hugh Reid,
Allison Reid, Svavar Knútur, Jóhanna
Gunnarsdóttir, Pétur Ásgeirsson and
Stewart Wheeler. Below: Stewart
Wheeler, Chief of Protocol of Canada, and
the ambassador, who's holding a puck,
a present from the mayor of Winnipeg.
Opposite: Jóhanna Gunnarsdóttir and
Ambassador Pétur Ásgeirsson greet the
mayor of Winnipeg.
ICELAND'S AMBASSADOR
MAKES AN IMPRESSION
IN MANY PLACES