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Glenn Sigurdson – Mediator, Lawyer, Honorary Consul General for Iceland: “Pragmatics of Doing Business with Indigenous Communities and People”
Glenn Sigurdson has been known as a mediator, negotiator, lawyer, facilitator, adjudicator, economist, teacher, writer, but now all of these influences have melded and today he states, “I lead without owning” “working in the space between”. Much of his work is within and among companies, communities, civil society organizations, and governments in the public and private sectors, building partnerships and resolving differences. My role is to deliver a special kind of leadership as the “man in the middle”. Today many would describe this as the work of a Social Innovator.
A cornerstone of this talk will be on the pragmatics of doing business with Indigenous communities and people. Placed in historical and current context, from the Fur trade, our family business for over a century on Lake Winnipeg, and my years of working as a professional between large and small companies and communities. This is the lifeblood of reconciliation, a word that is coming to “the Main Stream”. The last decade however, it is part of a much larger story, of identity and diversity, and placing it in that big frame is important.
Glenn is also author of Vikings on a Prairie Ocean in which he blends personal memoir, family history and Icelandic lore in a unique and wide-ranging autobiography.
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 – 6 pm to 9 pm. Scandinavian Community Centre. Guests are always welcome! Invite colleagues, clients, friends and family.
Time: 6 – 7pm: Networking and socializing hour
7 – 8:15pm: BBQ by Vera’s Burger Shack. All you can eat Vera Burgers – Hot Dogs – Veggie Burgers + 2 Salad Options
Dessert:Coffee, tea and cookies
8:15 – 9pm: FEATURED PRESENTATION including a brief question and answer period
To register in advance and pay online: www.sbc-bc.ca.
Scandinavian Midsummer Festival 2018
Saturday features include on-stage entertainment, Market Place, children’s games, Viking Village, raising the May Pole, cultural displays, Scandinavian food. Sunday features also include a pancake breakfast and the famous wife-carrying contest.
Date: Saturday, June 23 — Sunday June 24, 2018
Time: Sat: 10am — 11pm, Sun: 10am — 4pm
Place: Scandinavian Community Centre
Cost: Day pass only $10 • Free for children under 16 • Free parking
Midsummer Commercial and Craft table applications are now available. Deadline May 11 scandinaviancentre.org/scandinavian-centre/scandinavian-midsummer-festival-tables-now-available/1...
Highlights:
JUNE 23 10:00 am to 6:00pm; Family Festival 6pm to 11pm Bonfire Dance
JUNE 24: 10am – 4pm; 2pm Wife Carrying
Details will be on the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival website.
The Scandinavian Cultural Society presents Nordic Spirit 2018: Nordic-Canadians in BC's Fishing Industry
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15, 2018.
Time: 11am to 4pm
Contact: John Stuart stuartj@nulldirect.ca 778-883-5572
Opening reception 11:30 am Saturday.
On Exhibit: Historic images, Artefacts, Boat models & construction plans
Videos, Live interviews with boat- builders and fishermen. Please come and share your own stories!
Saturday evening show “Tales of the Vikings in Canada" 7:30 pm
Refreshments. Admission by donation.
