The Margaret and Richard Beck Fund, University Extension, Cinecenta, and the University of Victoriaʼs Department of Creative Writing sponsored the first Icelandic Institute in Victoria from July 30 to August 17, 1990.

The Icelandic Institute brought three guest lecturers to the university. Their charge—through a group of courses, a series of public lectures, and a festival of films—was to introduce us to modern Icelandic culture.