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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Julian Mendoza is a recent recipient of the CINS Master’s Scholarship. After completing his bachelor’s degree at the University of Manitoba, where he studied English and Icelandic studies, he decided to pursue his MA in Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland. According to Julian, he chose Iceland because “of the country’s special position when […]
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As part of its ongoing efforts to raise awareness of how CINS can support multidisciplinary academic and cultural links between Canada and the Nordic countries, CINS recently partnered with SOS Media Corp of Edmonton to update its brand and logo, and develop an engaging and user-friendly website.
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Since 1983, the Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada has published the peer-reviewed journal Scandinavian-Canadian Studies.
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