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A symposium in relations to Give Icelandic a Chance took place on Thursday, with a following workshop on Friday. The symposium was titled "How can a community support language acquisition?" and several speakers gave very interesting talks, which goes to show quite an ambition for teaching Icelandic to foreigners so that the language can be of proper use to them and make Icelandic society more accessible.

Málþing á vegum átaksins Gefum íslensku séns fór fram í gær í Háskólasetri, með áframhaldandi vinnustofu fyrir hádegi í dag. Mörg fróðleg erindi voru flutt á málþinginu, sem bar yfirskriftina Hvernig getur samfélag hjálpað til við máltileinkun?

The course From extraction to attraction: Coastal communities in an era of leisure and tourism, which Patrick Maher teaches, finished last week. At the end of the course students made videos highlighting their perspective on Ísafjörður and its surroundings and the results are these three fun short films:

The Give Icelandic a Chance campaign continues into the summer and some very interesting events are lined up over the next few weeks, as can be seen on the poster here on the right.

Átakið Gefum íslensku séns er komið í sumargírinn og ýmislegt áhugavert á dagskrá á næstunni eins og sjá má á meðfylgjandi veggspjaldi.

The Annual General Meeting of University Centre of the Westfjords was held on Friday 5th of May. Apart from traditional objectives of the Annual Meeting, a new board was elected as well as chair of the representitives' council. Very few changes were made, Dóra Hlín Gísladóttir was re-elected as chair of the council and the UW board remains the same except for a new secretary, as Stefán B. Sigurðsson left the board and Martha Lilja Martensdóttir was voted in to replace him.

Canada's Ambassador to Iceland, Jeannette Menzies, visited the University Centre of the Westfjords today and spoke to both staff and students about continuing, and possibly increasing, collaboration with Canadian institutes. The weather in Ísafjörður was really welcoming so the ambassador joined the students of From Extraction to Attraction: Coastal Communities in an Era of Leisure and Tourism on a walk around town.

Sendiherra Kanada á Íslandi, Jeannette Menzies, heimsótti Háskólasetur Vestfjarða í dag og ræddi við bæði nemendur og starfsfólk um áframhaldandi og aukið samstarf við kanadískar stofnanir.

Aðalfundur Háskólaseturs Vestfjarða 2023 fór fram föstudaginn 5. maí. Auk hefðbundinna aðalfundarstarfa fóru fram bæði kosning stjórnar og kjör formanns fulltrúaráðs.

The new Grimsson Fellowship is now open for applications, until 1 July. The Fellowship is a collaboration between the University of Iceland, University of Akureyri, Reykjavík University, the University Center of the Westfjords and the biotechnology company Kerecis, which originates in Ísafjörður.