Events Search and Views Navigation
December 2018
Featured Lives Series – December 1
Canadian Friends of Finland Education Foundation Presents A Celebration of Finland’s Independence, with a Piano Performance, authentic Finnish food and the continuation of our Featured Lives Series Saturday, December 1, 2018 7-10pm PROGRAM: 7:00 pm Conversation, drinks (cash bar) and an array of Finnish finger foods including piirakka 7:40 pm Bar closes. 7:45 pm Olga Nechepurenko (Väisänen) is a Toronto musician, specializing in piano performance and music theory. She received both her BFA in music and MA in musicology…
Find out more »February 2019
Aleksis Kivi – The Cornerstone Of Finnish Literature – February 28
The Finnish Studies Program at the University of Toronto welcomes you to the 12th public lecture in the series An Evening with Finnish Studies to celebrate Kalevala Day & the Day of Finnish Culture, February 28th ALEKSIS KIVI – THE CORNERSTONE OF FINNISH LITERATURE Aleksis Kivi is the national writer of Finland. His most famous book, Seven Brothers, is well known and appreciated worldwide. It has been translated into more than 30 languages. As a person,…
Find out more »March 2019
The Karjala Story: Revolution, War, Wonder – March 21
Finnish Studies Program at University of Toronto & Canadian Friends of Finland (CFF) warmly welcome you to An Evening with Finnish Studies devoted to the annual Varpu Lindström Memorial Lecture & Finnish Studies Scholarships 2018 Awards Ceremony THE KARJALA STORY: REVOLUTION, WAR, WONDER – A human viewpoint of the political, military and cultural history of Karjala (and Finland) Delivered by Karl Tuira The lecture discusses the history of Karjala (and Finland), from Kalevala Prehistory to the Continuation…
Find out more »June 2017
AGM 2017
The 36th Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Friends of Finland Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 7:00 PM Charbonnel Lounge, St Michael’s College, University of Toronto 81 St Mary’s Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1J4 Agenda Call to Order Quorum Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes of Previous CFF AGM on June 21, 2016 President’s Report - Börje Vähämäki Membership Secretary’s Report – Gail Patterson Treasurer’s Report – Paul Lindala Appointment of Reviewer – Paul Lindala Election of the Board of…
Find out more »November 2017
Finnish Film Festival – 100 Years of Finnish Cinema
5 Films 1 Film left! SEL8NNE Nov 29 The record breaking documentary film about Teemu “The Finnish Flash” Selänne and his unlimited skating speed, will give the Finnish Film Festival a powerful ending. The leading star in the movie, no other than Selänne himself, doesn’t need an introduction. The Variety Magazine called him “possibly the best-known export Finland has produced outside of Nokia”. The film is a biography which will tell you the story behind the most famous Finnish hockey…
Find out more »