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13. Nov 2025Mission, Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs

Recording now available: Canada and Iceland in WW1 and WW2

In the spirit of Remembrance Day, this November 12, 2025 webinar shed new light on Icelandic-Canadians' contributions to World War 1 and interactions between Icelanders and the Canadian Armed Forces in Iceland during World War II. Key insights were shared by Canadian and Icelandic scholars Madison Herget-Schmidt, University of Manitoba, and Karen Lilja Loftsdóttir, Queen’s University, respectively.

13. Nov 2025Mission, Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs

Recording now available: Canada and Iceland in WW1 and WW2

In the spirit of Remembrance Day, this November 12, 2025 webinar shed new light on Icelandic-Canadians' contributions to World War 1 and interactions between Icelanders and the Canadian Armed Forces in Iceland during World War II. Key insights were shared by Canadian and Icelandic scholars Madison Herget-Schmidt, University of Manitoba, and Karen Lilja Loftsdóttir, Queen’s University, respectively.

09. Sep 2025Mission, Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs

Report now available: 2025 Canada-Iceland Seminar on Geopolitics and Security in the Arctic and North Atlantic

For a copy of the report summarizing discussions held under Chatham House rules. The seminar was jointly organized by University of Manitoba’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS) and Department of Icelandic Language and Literature, the Embassy of Canada to Iceland, the Embassy of Iceland to Canada, the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN), the Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North at Trent University, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland, and the University of Iceland’s Institute of International Affairs.

01. Apr 2025Mission, Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs

Recording available: Iceland-Canada Webinar on Food and Nutrition in the North

This webinar featured fresh insights into the day-to-day realities of northern Canadians and Icelandic citizens with respect to accessing nutritious and affordable food. Panelists from leading research institutions and the private sector unpacked the similarities and differences between these two parallel contexts. They discussed the defining characteristics of food production in Iceland; shared information on how the private sector is responding to demand for healthy and affordable food in both Iceland and the Canadian north; spoke about the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 published by the Nordic Council of Ministers; and shared youth perspectives on improving access to healthy food in northern contexts.