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January 2012 edition
NEWSLETTER FOR FINNS IN THE OTTAWA AND MONTREAL REGIONS
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VOL. 19, NO. 54
Message from the Editor
n a recent trip to Finland, I was once again struck by the fact that Finnish society
functions based on trust. More so than any other country that I have visited. Finns
live by a generally agreed-upon set of rules, and the system based on trust ensures
that citizens follow this same standard of conduct. For example, the transit system in
Helsinki is based on trust. You can get on the tram without buying a ticket. But the
community trusts that you will follow the rules. And for those who don’t, there are heavy
fines. Of course, random checks keep the system running.
A friend of mine whose children go the international school in Helsinki told me that education
institutions do not filter Internet usage. A recent incident involved an American family being
distressed with the idea that their children would have free access on the Internet within
Finnish schools. In the American system, all computers have filters to restrict inappropriate
use. It was explained that web usage in the Finnish school system was based on trust. The
children know the rules and generally tend to use the resources for fruitful school-related
activities. If usage becomes deterrent, then action would be taken…but not until then.
Further to my personal experiences, I stumbled upon a study that revealed that the majority
of Finnish citizens believe that the most immoral act to be committed is to go on sick leave
without actually being sick! The article in Helsingin Sanomat, International Edition
(www.hs.fi) presents the findings of a study conducted in October 2011 which examined the
moral code of Finns, or what they believed to be right or wrong ethically. Generally,
breaking trust (including infidelity in a marriage, cheating on income tax declarations,
bribing, etc.) is considered the most condemned act by the majority citizens. While other
moral indicators, such as public drunkenness, promiscuity and divorce, are less worrisome
and more accepted for the general public. Overall, respondents aren’t as concerned about
people’s daily lives but do not tolerate the violation of social rules upon which their society is
built. Interestingly, the study indicates that most Finns expected more of themselves than
others in showing appropriate behaviour. The unity in public opinion is also striking: abiding
to this code of ethics seems to show no significant variation across socio-economic status,
such as wealth, level of education, or area of residence (urban/rural).
Finland is exemplary with its well-functioning, trust-based system. The citizens thrive in a
setting of established rules which are followed. We should carry that lesson in our daily lives,
even if not residing in Finland. Now I trust you will enjoy the information provided in this
first newsletter of 2012!
Katja Frostell
Editor
The next issue of the newsletter will be published in September 2012.
Please send material to kfrostell@hotmail.com
Tietoisku Montrealin suomalaisesta kirjastosta
Kun Suomen kansa tuijotteli Armia junanvaunussa...
”Kun Armin lentokone oli laskeutumassa Muhoslammelle,
näin kuinka kätilö Veera Turunen polki pyörällään pelkässä
yöpaidassa. Niin kiire hänelläkin oli päästä näkemään
Armi.” Hauska muistelo joka kuvaa sekä 50-luvun
nostalgiaa että Armi-ilmiötä!
Helsingin olympiavuonna 1952 Miss Universumiksi
valitusta muhoslaisesta koulutytöstä Armi Kuuselasta on
tehty elokuvia, kirjoja, dokumentteja ja lauluja.
Montrealin suomalaiseen kirjastoon ilmestynyt (kiitos
tuntematon lahjoittaja!) värikkäästi kuvitettu teos on
Nina af Enehjelmin 2003 julkaistu Armi Kuusela. Se on seikkaperäinen kertomus palvotun
ja parjatun ikonin elämänvaiheista mutta myös hauska kansantieteellinen kuvaus
suomalaisista varsinkin 50- ja 60-luvuilla. Kirjoittaja tutustui ilmiöön tutkiessaan
suomalaista missi-instituutiota väitöskirjaansa varten. Kirjassa on myös yksityiskohtaiset
kuvaukset Suomen hömppälehtien toimittajien matkoista Filippiineille ja Armin omat
kommentit heistä jälkikäteen San Diegon La Jollasta, missä hän nykyään asuu 77-vuotiaana.
Luonnonkauniista Armista tuli sotien jälkeen koko kansakunnan itsetunnon kohottaja ja
lupaus paremmasta tulevaisuudesta. Hänen nopea ”katoamisensa Kaukoitään” teki hänestä
poissaolevana suorastaan myytin. Vuonna 1955 häntä näyteltiin junanvaunussa ympäri
Suomea etelästä Rovaniemelle, Raumalta Joensuuhun. Kaunotar istui kävelypuvussa
tavallisessa kolmannen luokan junavaunussa ”Kilin” kanssa ja tarjosi Chymoksen makeisia
kauan jonottaneille katsojille; useimmat 200 markan lipun ostaneet eivät tohtineet sanoa
sanaakaan. Samassa vaunussa oli näytteillä myös Miss Suomi Eva Hellas.
Amerikansuomalaisilla oli sen verran kauha sopassa Armin missisuosioon, että Pan American
World Airwaysin Helsingin johtaja, viipurilaisyntyinen Paul Suni - jonka kuiskittiin olevan
Yhdysvaltojen tiedustelupalvelu CIA:n miehiä - mainosti näkyvästi Kaliforniassa pidettävää
Miss Universum -kisaa, johon haluttiin Suomesta edustajaa. Talvisodan jälkimainingeissa
Suomi oli listattu Amerikoissa maailman suosituimmaksi pikkuvaltioksi.
Pula-aikoina Suomen missikokelaat ompelivat edustusmekkoja vanhoista verhoista ja kengät
hankittiin lehtien osto- ja myyntipalstoilta. Ennen Miss Universum -kisoja Armi saapui
välilaskulla New Yorkiin mukanaan vain paksupohjaiset kengät. Amerikansuomalaiset
hankkivat hänelle Saks Fifth Avenuen tavaratalosta kenkiä, laukkuja ja koko missitouhuun
tarvittavan puvuston. Kaliforniassa filmimeikkaajat maalasivat 50-luvun glamourmeikin
luonnonkauniin tytön kasvoille mutta hän sai kuin saikin universumin kauneimman
purppuraviitan harteilleen.
Anneli Lukka
anneli.lukka@mcgill.ca
Veroilmoitukset Tilinpidot
Yksityiset, yksityisyrittäjät ja liikkeet
Erik Siponen, B. Comm
6 Calais Circle, Kirkland, H9H 3T9
puh. 514-426-2232, Fax 426-0654
eriksiponen@bell.net
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Canadian Friends of Finland
De Montréal
Canadian Friends of Finland
Unless otherwise stated, all events will take place at the Finnish church home:
1500 Doctor Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec
February
18 February
(Saturday)
11.00
Helmikuu
Annual Ski Day
Kytölä chalet in the Laurentians: 539, chemin de la Rivière, Piedmont.
Bring something for the lunch table and your après-ski beverage!
CFF program for Winter/Spring 2012
March
Maaliskuu
6 March (Tuesday)
19.00
Under the North Star (Täällä Pohjantähden alla)
A 2009 film by Timo Koivusalo.
Free admission. Coffee/tea and Finnish open-faced sandwiches.
TBD
Sugaring-Off Party with the Norwegians
Time and place to be announced.
April
Huhtikuu
3 April (Tuesday)
19.00
The Birth of a Nation; The Finnish Civil War, 1918
A presentation with numerous pictures, by Jonathan Widell, Lic.LL.
Free admission. Coffee/tea and Finnish open-faced sandwiches.
May
Toukokuu
1 May (Tuesday)
Vappu, First of May
Place to be announced.
June
Kesäkuu
5 June (Tuesday)
19.00
Summer Dinner
The first summer dinner of the season at a Norwegian restaurant. Ellefsen,
414, rue St. Zotique East.
July
Heinäkuu
3 July (Tuesday)
19.00
Summer Dinner
Close to the Montreal Jazz Festival. Place to be announced.
August
Elokuu
4 August (Saturday)
17.00
Lisa’s Summer BBQ
25 August (Saturday)
13.00
Corn Roast
Lisa Makinen’s home in Pierrefonds: 18202 Thorburn. A potluck barbecue,
BYOB.
Hosted by Susan Laflamme and Dorothy and Bill Nickelt at their cottage in
Brownsburg-Chatham: Pine Hill, 6 Belvedere Road. Potluck lunch, BYOB.
Canadian Friends of Finland
De Montréal
Canadian Friends of Finland de Montréal is a
non-political, non-sectarian and non-profit
organization that fosters cultural relations
between Finland and Canada. Monthly meetings
include presentations by local and Finnish
speakers, film viewings, ethnic dinners, parties,
sauna barbeques, ski days, etc.
The association does not receive any financial
support from Finland or any other sources. The
sole income – used to organize the abovementioned events – comes from yearly
membership fees and coffee/sandwich sales.
CFF MONTRÉAL
2012 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
First-time member / Single: _________ x $20.00
Students / Seniors (+65): _________ x $15.00
Additional family members: _________ x $ 5.00
Couple:
_________ x $25.00
Senior couple:
_________ x $20.00
Name: _______________________________
Address:______________________________
_____________________________________
Phone: (Home) ________________________
(Cell)__________________________
Email:________________________________
Please send to:
Canadian Friends of Finland Montreal Branch
1500 Docteur Penfield Ave.
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1B9
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Message from the Pastor
This old house
Last month I took my daughter, for the first time in years, to the town in Saskatchewan
where I grew up. One afternoon we set aside a half-hour (that's all it took!) to criss-cross
the town so I could show her a couple of the houses where I had lived when I was her age.
It was probably mildly boring for her; who knows? She was polite, and yet it wasn't her
history. But certainly the little tour struck me. On the one hand, it was interesting to see the
changes that inevitably come with the years. New owners do new things, and one of the
houses barely looked the same at all. On the other hand, it was interesting to still feel a
connection with a place I had left so long ago. And yet I could tell, as I looked at these
places, that I didn't feel the same sense of belonging and ownership that I had felt when I
lived there. I realized that, no matter how important a building feels when you're in it, like
the old saying goes "life moves on". And with that life, so do our feelings.
It will be hard, in the next few months, to say goodbye to the Finnish church home. There
have been so many memories made within these walls. That feeling of loss can't be
underestimated: here is where the classes were taught, here is where we gathered for
communion, here is where the banquets were served, and the Kanteles played, and the
choir sang, and the bazaar cups were displayed...the memories will go on and on. We need
to honour the ways in which God blessed the little Finnish church in that space and time.
Then, when the time comes, like the children of Israel on the edge of the Promised Land, it
will be time to move on. Like them, the transitional time won't be easy....who wants to live
in "tents" when before one lived in the homes of Egypt? Crossing a wilderness to a new
home isn't an easy task. But, like the ancient Israelites, we have God as our guide. God
goes before us, and knows the path even when we don't. Like Psalm 121 says, "God knows
your going out and your coming in, from this time forth and forevermore". Our help truly
comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. And the maker of our past, and our
futures.
As I reflected when I looked at those old houses in Saskatchewan, a house truly becomes a
home only when something happens: when we live in it and make it our own. This will
happen again, in a new place. We pray for courage, for patience, and for community as we
wait for this transition to begin.
Pastor Matthew
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St. Michael's Evangelical Finnish Lutheran Church /
Pyhän Mikaelin Suomalainen Evankelisluterilainen Kirkko
1500 Docteur Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1B9
Tel: (514) 932-9568
http://finnishchurchmontreal.i8.com/
Montreal Lutheran Council: http://www.luther95.net/MONTREAL-LUTHERAN/
Church program for Winter/Spring 2012
All events are at the church home if
location is not mentioned otherwise.
Kaikki tapahtumat ovat kirkkokodilla jos
paikkaa ei ole erikseen mainittu.
January
22 (Sunday)
11.00
Annual general meeting of the congregation
Seurakunnan vuosikokous
Tammikuu
February
11 (Saturday)
10.30
12 (Sunday)
11.00
Children’s Finnish Language School
Lasten Suomi-koulu
Church service with holy communion
Ehtoollisjumalanpalvelus, Pr Matthew Anderson
March
3 (Saturday)
10.30
4 (Sunday)
11.00
24 (Saturday)
10.30
Helmikuu
Maaliskuu
13.00
25 (Sunday)
15.00
31 (Saturday)
12.00
April
8 (Sunday)
11.00
14 (Saturday)
10.30
28 (Saturday)
10.30
May
6 (Sunday)
11.00
26 (Saturday)
10.30
June
9 (Saturday)
10.30
10 (Sunday)
11.00
August
26 (Sunday)
September
9 (Sunday)
Children’s Finnish Language School
Lasten Suomi-koulu
Devotion and Kalevala Day celebration
Hartaustilaisuus ja Kalevalanpäiväjuhla
Children’s Finnish Language School
Lasten Suomi-koulu
Suomi-Seura annual meeting
Suomi-Seura vuosikokous
Church service with holy communion in Ottawa
Ehtoollisjumalanpalvelus Ottawassa, Pr. Matti Terho
Finnish War Veterans annual meeting
Aseveljet vuosikokous
Huhtikuu
Easter church service with holy communion
Ehtoollisjumalanpalvelus, Pr. Matthew Anderson
Children’s Finnish Language School
Lasten Suomi-koulu
Children’s Finnish Language School
Lasten Suomi-koulu
Toukokuu
Church service with holy communion
Ehtoollisjumalanpalvelus, Pr. Matthew Anderson
Children’s Finnish Language School
Lasten Suomi-koulu
Kesäkuu
Children’s Finnish Language School
Lasten Suomi-koulu
Church service with holy communion
Ehtoollisjumalanpalvelus, Pr. Matthew Anderson
Elokuu
11.00
Montreal Lutheran Council picnic in Saint-Lazare
11.00
Church service with holy communion
Ehtoollisjumalanpalvelus, Pr. Matthew Anderson
Syyskuu
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Finnish Language School
Lasten Suomi-koulun kevätlukukausi 2012 / Spring semester 2012
Finnish Church Home, 1500 Doctor Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec
Montrealin Suomen Kielen Koulu on yksi
kymmenistä ympäri maailmaa toimivista
Suomi-kouluista. Suomi-kouluissa
annetaan suomen kielen opetusta suomea
toisena kielenä tai äidinkielenään puhuville
lapsille, joiden toinen tai molemmat
vanhemmat ovat syntyperältään
suomalaisia. Koulujen tarkoituksena on
tukea lasten suomen kielen ja kulttuurin
oppimista sekä hankitun kielitaidon
säilyttämistä. Montrealin Suomi-koulu
tarjoaa opetusta vauvamuskarista
kouluikäisiin lapsiin. Ryhmäjako tehdään
vuosittain lasten iän ja kielitaidon
perusteella.
Kokoonnumme lauantaiaamupäivisin noin
kolmen viikon välein suomalaisella
kirkolla. Kevätlukukausi alkaa lauantaina
14.1.2012. Uudet oppilaat voivat
ilmoittautua kouluun ottamalla yhteyttä
allekirjoittaneeseen. Tervetuloa mukaan!
The Montreal Finnish Language School is
one of dozens of Suomi-koulu that operate
around the world. The mission of these
schools is to help preserve and transmit
Finnish cultural heritage and language
skills to younger generations of Finns
living abroad. Classes offered at the
Montreal school range from music
playschool for babies to writing and
reading exercises for school-aged children.
Classes are held at the Finnish church on
Saturday mornings every three weeks.
The Spring semester starts on Saturday,
14 January 2012. New students can
register by contacting the undersigned.
Welcome!
Lisätietoja ja ilmoittautumiset/ More information and registration:
Marja Coady:
(514) 739-1896 / marjacoady@hotmail.com
Elisa Pylkkänen: (514) 823-7615 / elisa.pylkkanen@mail.mcgill.ca
Finnish translator
Jonathan Widell, Certified Translator, LL.M, Lic.LL., MA
Telephone: 514-426-9215
Email: jonathan.widell@gmail.com
MONTREALIN SUOMI-SEURAN
VUOSIKOKOUS
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SUOMEN ASEVELJET KANADASSA
Montrealin Kerho
VUOSIKOKOUS
Lauantaina, 24. maaliskuuta
klo. 13.00
Kirkkokodilla
Lauantaina, 31. maaliskuuta, klo. 12.00
Kirkkokodilla
TERVETULOA!
TERVETULOA!
Finnish associations / Puhelinmuistio
Canadian Friends of Finland
President
William Luomala
Vice-President
Jonathan Widell
Secretary
Barbara Rudnicka
Treasurer
Kirsti Moberg
Newsletter coordinator
Anneli Lukka
Chambre de Commerce Finno-Canadienne
President
Christian de Saint Rome
Finnish War Veterans
Puheenjohtaja
Ismo Makkonen
Jäsensihteeri
Eeva-Liisa Makkonen
Rahastonhoitaja
Pirkko Metsämarttila
Montrealin Suomalainen newsletter
Katja Frostell
kfrostell@hotmail.com
Ismo Makkonen
imakkonen@videotron.ca
Montrealin Suomi-Seura
Puheenjohtaja
Marja-Leena Taras
Varapuheenjohtaja
Mirjam Kytölä
Sihteeri
Pirkko Metsämarttila
Rahastonhoitaja
Markku Kytölä
Library
Anneli Lukka
514-633-9385
514-791-2144
514-649-4475
514-272-4517
450-827-2727
514-457-7787
Montrealin Aseveljet
514-697-5880
514-697-5880
450-442-9458
514-482-5718
514-697-5880
514-735-8392
514-484-1870
450-442-9458
514-484-1870
Kirjasto
450-827-2727
St. Michael’s Finnish Church
Pyhän Mikaelin Ev. Lut. seurakunta
Kirkkokoti / church home
http://finnishchurchmontreal.i8.com
514-932-9568
Pastori
Matthew Anderson
514-436-0309
Puheenjohtaja
Bill Luomala
514-504-8274
Varapuheenjohtaja
Caj Frostell
514-697-3278
Sihteeri
Ismo Makkonen
514-697-5880
Rahastonhoitaja
Pirkko Metsämarttila
450-442-9458
Finnish Language School
Suomen Kielen Koulu
Children's group
Lapsiryhmät
Elisa Pylkkänen
elisa.pylkkanen@mail.mcgill.ca
(514) 823 7615
Adult group
Aikuisryhmät
Maisa Suhonen
maisasuhonen@hotmail.com
(514) 843-3120
HERKKUJA SUOMALAISEEN MAKUUN
Turun Sinappia, Salmiakkia, Abban Silliä ja
kalatahnoja, lakkahilloa, Kulta Katriina-kahvia,
Pandan lakritsia, Fazerin makeisia, raesokeria, yms.
Tervetuloa ostoksille
Queen Maryn ja
Côte-Des-Neigesin kulmaan!
5060 Côte Des Neiges
(corner of Queen Mary)
Montreal, Quebec. H3V 1G6
Tel: 514-731-4764
Mökki vuokrattavana
Vuokrattavana lomapaikka Laurentian
vuoristossa viikonlopuksi, viikoksi tai
sopimuksen mukaan. Kaikki
mukavuudet ja sauna. Vain 45 min.
ajomatka Montrealista.
Tiedustelut: Markku Kytölä
Koti: 514-484-1870
Työ: 514-365-9700
Kännykkä: 514-249-6866
www.boucherieatlantique.ca
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The Community
Kuvat: Anneli Lukka
Itsenaïsyysjuhlat
Ottawan sinivalkoisissa itsenäisyysjuhlissa joulukuussa
vasemmalta suurlähettiläs Risto Piipponen, Ottawan Canadian
Friends of Finlandin entinen puheenjohtaja Ida Capern ja
Ihanat
aurinkoiset
säät
s 62 itsenäisyysjuhlaa ja 11
Armas Joki,
88, joka on
nähnyt
suurlähettilästä
Pääkaupungin nuorta ja kaunista polvea vas.
Aila Coderre, Maria Jussila ja Nikola
Michaud
Saint-Antoine-Abbé
Montrealin Suomen-ystävien syyskuisissa
omenanpoimiaisissa Saint-Antoine-Abbéssa Vapaan Sanan
toimittaja Anne Tastula leikki Wilhelm Telliä Paul
Taraksen hänen selkänsä takana pystyttäessä tikapuita
kivutakseen omenapuuhun
Anneli Podymow ja Martti Kytölä pistelevät
maukkaita McIntosheja ja Cortlandeja pusseihinsa
The dates and places of the CFF sauna picnics will be announced later this year.
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Monthly Montreal Finnish nights out
In September 2011, I started reorganizing the defunct Montreal Finnish pub nights. Since
2003, they had been organized by Ninja Häggblom. We have now met in groups of more
than 10 people, mainly students and young working people, in various settings: Ye Olde
Orchard, The House of Jazz, McKibbins Irish Pub and Club Altitude737. We peaked at about
25 attendees at McKibbins in November and hope to draw about 30 people or more at some
point this year, for instance for a Finnish tango night in the summer if we find someone to
play. A possible venue is Les Bobards, which boasts a broad selection of so-called world
music.
Most of us have been Finns “de souche”, but participants have included “friends of Finland”
as well. Some of them are interested in Finnish culture per se, others are participating
alongside their Finnish partners. This is a trend to be encouraged. The idea has been to
explore this beautiful city of ours together, avoid staying in one place more than once,
discovering different styles and neighbourhoods every month, and of course learning to
know each other and each other’s cultures.
Even if the group has consisted of mainly young people, I would like to encourage everyone
to keep an eye on the events and participate in anything that appeals to them. Ours is not
meant to be an exclusive club. The plan is to explore different venues, some of which play
little to no music, thus providing a setting for conversation and “fellowshipping,” while
others are designedly very loud. (I would like to visit Foufounes électriques in April if they let
me in.)
The events will be created on Facebook and mentioned in the email newsletters. I will try to
dress up our nights out as “cultural events,” finding a cause to celebrate in the Finnish
calendar each month. This might allow us to resuscitate a Finnish cultural scene in Montreal,
possibly in the (very) long run. If you are interested, why not come and join us!
Jonathan Widell
jonathan.widell@gmail.com
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