商品簡介
Well-known lawyer and mediator Glenn Sigurdson blends personal memoir, family history and Icelandic lore in a unique and wide-ranging autobiography. Vikings on a Prairie Ocean focuses on the Sigurdson family fishing enterprises on Lake Winnipeg through the twentieth centruy as a background for exploring the Icelandic settlement of Manitoba. The perils of summer and winter fishing on an unpredictable and unforgiving lake are interwoven with accounts of Aboriginal partnerships, colourful characters, and a proud, resilient family. Sigurdson also shows how this complex story helped prepare him for an international career as a mediator and conflict-resolution expert.
作者簡介
A native of Riverton, Manitoba, Glenn Sigurdson's background includes experience as a mediator, lawyer, facilitator and negotiator. He is an adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University and is the co-author of Building Consensus for a Sustainable Future: Putting Principles into Practice. He llives in British Columbia.
