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Comhairle na Gàidhlig
The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia
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Find out what's happening in the Nova Scotia Gaelic community!
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In this edition... | Anns an eagran seo...
Annual General Meeting
1) Board Member Announcement
News
1) Highland Village Reopening
2) Cainnt mo Mhàthar Exhibit
3) Gàidheil Air Adhart Fund
4) Beinn Mhàbu Funding Announcement
5) Bradan Press Call for Submissions
Cothroman Fastaidh | Employment Opportunities
1) The Gaelic Song Education Project
Clasaichean Air Loidhne | Online Classes
1) Summer Class Online Series with Colaisde na Gàidhlig
2) Gaelic Online with Colaisde na Gàidhlig
3) Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Summer Classes
4) Tobar an Dualchais Classes
Céilidhean Air Loidhne | Online Céilidhs
1) Live Mac-Talla readings - The Highland Village
2) Pop-up Gàidhealtachd - The Highland Village
Gàidhlig air an Rèidio | Gaelic on the Radio
1) CBC Radio 1 Cape Breton
2) Gaelic Nova Scotia Station
3) Aiseirigh nan Gàidheal
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Comhairle na Gàidhlig held our Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 12th and are pleased to announce the addition of three new board members, Iain MacLeod, David Spencer, and Wendy MacInnes. The Council would also like to thank our retiring Board Member Mairi McCarron and our retiring treasurer Stephen MacDonald for their service. For the current list of Comhairle na Gàidhlig board members, please visit our website HERE.
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The Highland Village
The Highland Village is reopening to the public on July 2 at 10:00 and will remain open until September 12.
Admission is free for the summer!
For more information, click HERE
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Cainnt mo Mhàthar Exhibit
Over the past year, Comhairle na Gàidhlig has developed an exhibit showcasing recordings and information from the Cainnt mo Mhàthar project. The Cainnt mo Mhàthar project is an online archive of first-language speakers of Gaelic from Nova Scotia.
This project was created by Comhairle na Gàidhlig in collaboration with the Highland Village Museum. The goal of the project was to record these speakers for the purposes of creating materials for use in Gaelic language instruction. This display has integrated some of these recordings to help teach the public about Gaelic language, culture and history.
For more information and to preview the exhibit, please visit our website HERE
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Gàidheil Air Adhart | Gaels Forward Fund
The purchase of a Gaelic Licence Plate in Nova Scotia provides funds that go to the Gàidheil Air Adhart |Gaels Forward Fund. These funds are provided to Comhairle na Gàidhlig | The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia to administer and to support the Gaelic community in the Province.
To date 458 Gaelic Licence Plates have been purchased or renewed in the Province.
A cheque for $14,500 has been issued to Comhairle na Gàidhlig | The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia for donations from plates between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021.
To obtain a Gaelic Licence Plate and support Gaelic Nova Scotia initiatives click HERE.
For information on eligibility to apply for Gàidheal Air Adhart funding via the Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia please visit our website HERE.
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Beinn Mhàbu Funding Announcement
June 18, 2021 · Mabou, Nova Scotia · Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Nova Scotia’s Gaelic communities contribute to the province’s diversity, identity and rich cultural experiences. Helping the Gaelic College (Colaisde na Gàidhlig) in St. Ann’s expand its programming to Mabou will foster educational and cultural opportunities in Cape Breton, attract more people to the community, and help grow the local economy.
On June 18, 2021 Mike Kelloway, Member of Parliament for Cape Breton-Canso announced $958,257 to the Gaelic College Foundation to renovate the former St. Joseph’s Convent and Renewal Centre into a satellite campus which will be called Beinn Mhàbu (Mabou Hill College).
The announcement was made on behalf of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages and Minister responsible for ACOA.
The refreshed facility will offer post-secondary students Gaelic culture and event management courses in collaboration with Colaisde na Gàidhlig and Cape Breton University. It is expected to draw local, national and international students, creating year-round employment and attracting investment. From May to August, the campus will also provide accommodations for seasonal staff in Mabou and Inverness County.
Funding for strategic projects like this one demonstrates the Government of Canada’s commitment to help businesses in rural areas innovate, grow and reach new markets – strengthening communities, and building a more resilient, inclusive economy.
For more information on Beinn Mhàbu, please visit their Facebook page HERE
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Bradan Press announces a call for submissions to a new collection of Nova Scotia Gaelic poetry, Òr a Mhaireas / Lasting Gold to be published in Spring 2022.
Submissions are due June 30.
For more information, please click HERE
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Cothroman Fastaidh | Employment Opportunities
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The Gaelic Song Education Project
Are you a Gaelic educator who uses, or would like to use, songs as part of your teaching practice?
Language in Lyrics is launching a new project to further integrate Gaelic songs into the community learning process. We are inviting Gaelic language instructors to join us in creating lesson plans organized around Gaelic songs.
Teachers will be paid for these lesson plans and they will be made publicly available under a creative commons license. You will receive professional development sessions to help you prepare for the lesson planning.
The first three virtual professional development sessions are scheduled for Mondays, June 14th, 21st, and 28th, from 4:00-5:30pm (ADT). Sessions will include group discussions, overcoming fears around singing, and resources to support your lesson plan development.
More information and session registration HERE
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Clasaichean Air Loidhne | Online Clases
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Learn with us this summer - Colaisde na Gàidhlig presents the 2021 Summer Series, an online bundle of instructional lessons from some of the province’s finest.
For one flat rate of $125CAD, students can access any and all available classes over the 8 week schedule. For students at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced skill levels, classes will range from Gaelic language, fiddle, piano accompaniment, guitar accompaniment, step dance, and piping. Classes will be offered via Zoom and will be recorded and available to registered students for 7 days after each class takes place.
For more and to register, dig in HERE
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Gaelic Online Registration Open
We’re excited to let you know that registration for classes starting September 2021 is now open! We’ve re-branded the program as Gaelic Online | Gàidhlig air Loidhne with Colaisde na Gàidhlig. There are supplemental programs available according to your learning needs and where you are in your journey that we can fill you in on later as well.
Gaelic Online classes consist of 28 weeks of live instruction via Zoom, where you’ll learn with experienced instructors and people from around world. You’ll improve your ability to speak, read and write in the language of the Scottish Gaels. Learning this language is a key that can unlock a rich treasure-house of song, story, community, humour and friendship!
Click to learn more and register --> https://gaeliccollege.edu/.../online.../aga-online-learning/
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Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
We are delighted to announce that our June, July and August short courses in Gaelic language, culture and traditional music are now up on our website and available to book now! We’re also thrilled that this year we will have a mix of online and on campus courses, and we can’t wait to see you all!
Click HERE for more information.
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Tobar an Dualchais
This three-day online course offers anyone with an interest in Scotland’s unique cultural heritage – including visual artists, writers, musicians, budding-folklorists and creative educators – an opportunity to learn more about the online resource, why the material was collected and by whom, and how and why it is of value today.
Participants will be introduced to some of the many important tradition bearers whose recordings populate the archives and be given the tools to explore the material with greater efficiency and understanding.
The course will be in English but will discuss themes intrinsically linked to Gaelic, Scots and English, including examples of local dialects preserved in some of the recordings.
The course will be delivered by leading scholars and creative practitioners who have extensive experience with the material, including Dr Mairi McFadyen, Raghnaid Sandilands who will help participants explore the potential of the online resource through various lenses, including local creativity, cultural ecology and environmental awareness.
For more information, click HERE
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Céidhlidhean Air Loidhne | Online Céilidhs
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Dé an go 's a' Ghàidhealtachd a' seo? What's on the go in the Nova Scotia Gàidhealtachd this week in 1893 - join us Thursday evenings to hear about "current happenings" and some historical pieces too! And, there's usually a piece about the weather!
We’ll be LIVE on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00pm Atlantic (11:00pm UK) doing a selected, bilingual reading from the Gàidhlig newspaper, Mac-Talla. At about 7:30, we'll begin a Gàidhlig reading of a few pieces (a written synopsis will be available to all).
We're currently working our way through issues in Volume 2 (each week, we'll announce which specific issue we'll read) which can be found here: LINK
'N dòchas gun tadhal sibh oirnn! Hope you'll tune in and join the visit!
To view past recordings, tune in weekly, or view archived editions of Mac-Talla, please visit our Facebook page or click this link to go directly to the archived recordings: LINK
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Am bu thoigh leibh tighinn cruinn 'son beagan do chòmhradh? Agus spòrs? Agus céilidh ged a tha sinn fad o chéile aig an àm seo?
Carson nach tig sibh ann? Cha bhi 'ga bruidhinn ach a' Ghàidhlig. Bidh fàilte ro 'n a h-uile duine.
Highland Village is hosting a weekly online Pop-up Gàidhealtachd Fridays at noon ADT. All are welcome to join in for some fun, conversation and a little céilidh though we can't be together in person. Only Gaelic will be spoken.
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Gàidhlig air an Rèidio | Gaelic on the Radio
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Island Echoes on CBC Radio 1 Cape Breton
"Troimh'n Chéitean, Mìos nan Gàidheal, ma dh' éisdeas sibh ri MacTalla'n Eilein le Wendy Bergfeldt gach oidhche Shathairn, a' tòiseachadh an t-seachdainn seo fhéin ag 8:00 feasgar, bidh cothrom agaibh Aonghas MacLeòid a chluinntinn is e a-mach air Sgeul an Òrain."
"Be sure to listen to Island Echoes with Wendy Bergfeldt every Saturday through May, Nova Scotia's Gaelic Month, beginning May 1st at 8:00pm, to hear Angus MacLeod on Sgeul an Òrain, (The Story of the Song)."
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Gaelic Nova Scotia Station
The Gaelic Nova Scotia Station will be on Saturday mornings at 8:00 am
97.5 Community Radio in Kwipew
Listen live at http://live.cioe975.ca/ to hear conversations, music, and the voices and views of Nova Scotia's Gaelic community.
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Aiseirigh Nan Gàidheal
Listen in to this long running bilingual (Gaelic and English) radio program live at 6pm-7pm on Saturdays!
listen live at this LINK!
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Comhairle na Gàidhlig would like to thank the North British Society Charitable Trust for their generous support of this newsletter.
To view more information on the Trust, please visit their website HERE.
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