CINS is happy to draw your attention to a performance in Edmonton on Sunday February 18. Vástádus eana/ The answer is land. A powerful performance focused on community and tales of resistance. Norway’s Indigenous Sámi people are at the heart of this work. The choreography is inspired by demonstrations, Sámi spiritual practices and formation dance, […]
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The Canadian Initiative for Nordic Studies is delighted to announce that it has increased its scholarships on all levels. Understanding that costs of travel, food and tuition have risen globally, the board decided, at the Annual General Meeting on May 27, 2023, to increase all awarded scholarships by $1000. It is the hope of the […]
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Prior to the pandemic, University of British Columbia student Olena Poburko received a CINS undergraduate scholarship to a Swedish language institute summer course in Axvall Sweden. After several years of postponements, she was finally able to make her trip and recently sent us an update on her experience: I fell in love with Sweden […]
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The Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CERES) at the University of Toronto is hosting an e-panel talk on Russia’s War in Ukraine, the view from Finland and Sweden. Speakers will include: Vladimir Gel’man, Professor of Russian Politics at the University of Helsinki Arkady Moshes, Program Director for the EU Eastern Neighborhood and Russia […]
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