Gwen Sigrid Morgan, Toronto, ON 

The Icelandic National League of North America’s webinar Everything Icelandic will host a conversation with Prof. Niigaan Sinclair on the Indigenous peoples of the Interlake and the settlers of New Iceland. This event, which represents the INLNA’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation, will stream on Monday, September 21, at 7:00 p.m. Central Time.

Ian Johnson, Winnipeg, MB

When you are 13 or thereabouts in Cranberry Portage, at some point a moose hunting expedition springs to mind – especially if older brother Dennis is a keen woodsman, has a rifle, and holds first dibs on the family Ski-Doo. Our family home was a mile from downtown, in the bush, and in the sixties that was very isolated. My bedroom window looked out on the bay of Lake Athapap, so summertime was a mixture of canoeing and swimming. Our house was nestled between two lodges with many American clientele who stayed for the superb lake trout fishing. There again, older brother entered the scene guiding for these visitors and allowing me to tag along as first mate on the big lodge boats.

Donnie Fridfinnsson, Winnipeg, MB

This year’s Gimli International Film Festival ran from July 22 to 26. It is Manitoba’s premier film festival and the largest rural film festival in all of Canada. GIFF has welcomed thousands of cinema enthusiasts to the shores of Lake Winnipeg with its varied and eclectic offerings since 2001. Donnie Fridfinnsson reviewed three of this year’s offerings, each of which has an Icelandic connection: the documentary Time and Water, the short film Postcards, and the thriller Hangashore.