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November 2018
Songs from the North: The Metallic Country Brand of Finland
Finnish Studies Program at the University of Toronto & Canadian Friends of Finland warmly welcome you to the 10th public lecture in the series An Evening with Finnish Studies. SONGS FROM THE NORTH: THE METALLIC COUNTRY BRAND OF FINLAND delivered by Dr. Toni-Matti Karjalainen (Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland) "I do want to point out, that Finland has perhaps the most heavy metal bands in the world”, stated US President Barack Obama in his address to…
Find out more »LAW, TRUST AND LEGITIMACY: FINNISH AND NORDIC EXPERIENCES – Nov 29
Finnish Studies Program at the University of Toronto & Canadian Friends of Finland (CFF) jointly welcome you to the 11th public lecture in the series An Evening with Finnish Studies. LAW, TRUST AND LEGITIMACY: FINNISH AND NORDIC EXPERIENCES delivered by Prof. Kimmo Nuotio (University of Helsinki, Finland) The Nordic countries are known for people’s high confidence in the authorities, including the police, the prosecutors and the courts. People are also well networked, civil society is strong, and political life is…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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