Monthly Archives: November 2019

The Festival of Exhibits by/of Estonians Abroad which began in Estonian in May 2019 will continue throughout the fall and the first party of 2020. Exhibits by communities of Estonians abroad, Estonian memory institutions or exhibits created as collaborations on topics related to Estonians abroad will be displayed during the festival. 

One of the biggest events for VEMU this year was the second Estonian Music Week, which took place November 14-17. It brought contemporary music stars both from Estonia and Canada to Toronto. This year the programme was geared toward modern classical, tech, pop/jazz, and folk music.

The Lithuanian-Australian newspaper “Mūsų pastogė” informs that last December the Australian Lithuanian Community, Inc. Board of Directors decided to invigorate the Australian Lithuanian Community Archive so that it is the preferred option for people to donate their archive material.

The exhibition “Lithuanians of the World: Uruguay and Argentina” was exhibited in Vilnius Lukiškės Square this fall. It tells the stories of Lithuanians who traveled to South America in the mid-20th century.

Rein Raud is not only an established author, but also a well-known scholar in Cultural and Japanese Studies. From 2006-2011, he was the Rector of Tallinn University. Raud has written 9 novels, 5 poetry collections, as well as various translations, and academic studies. Three of his novels have been translated into English and he has received awards and nominations for these works. At TIFA, he presented his book Death of a Perfect Sentence.

From September 23 to October 31, the visitors of the National Library of Lithuania had an opportunity to see the exhibit dedicated to Lithuanian-Canadian Community, Inc. and its political, cultural, and educational activities over the past 67 years. The organizers of the exhibition are the Lithuanian Museum-Archives of Canada and the Lithuanian-Canadian Community, Inc.

The last October was surprisingly sunny in Siberia and full of bright events.

At the end of October, Tartu University’s Centennial Anniversary as an Estonian language university was celebrated in Toronto. A high-level delegation from Tartu University visited the University of Toronto and Tartu College.

On October 25, a doctorate student of Vytautas Magnus University, Egidijus Balandis, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis “Sport in the Social Fabric of Lithuanian-Americans in the Early 20th Century.”