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FIOS
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newsletter from
Comhairle na Gàidhlig
The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia
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In this edition... | Anns an eagran seo...
Reopenings
1) An Drochaid I The Bridge Museum
Job Opportunities
1) Archival Processing Technician - The Highland Village
News
1) Taigh Sgoile na Drochaide Teacher Announcement
2) Taigh Sgoile Donation Information
3) Speak Gaelic Launch
Gaelic Community Interviews
1) Dawn Beaton
Gàidheil air Adhart Fund I The Gaels Forward Fund
1) Còmhlan Filmeadairean Gàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidh
Live Classes
1) Féis an Eilean Gaelic Classes
2) Children's Gaelic Camp
3) Na Gaisgich Òga
Clasaichean Air Loidhne | Online Classes
1) Gaelic Online with Colaisde na Gàidhlig
2) Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Summer Classes
3) Tobar an Dualchais Classes
In Person Gatherings
1) Annual Gaelic Ecumenical Church Service
Céilidhean Air Loidhne | Online Céilidhs
1) Féis an Eilean
2) Live Mac-Talla readings - The Highland Village
3) 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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An Drochaid | The Bridge Museum, operated by the Mabou Gaelic & Historical Society is open for the season!
Hours of operation:
Tue: 12:00pm-4:00pm
Wed: 10:00am-5:00pm
Thu: 10:00am-5:00pm
Fri: 10:00am-5:00pm
Sat: 10:00am-5:00pm
Sun: 12:00pm-5:00pm
For more information, please visit their Facebook page HERE
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Position: Archival Processing Technician: Collection Backlog Project (Student Position)
Duration: Part-time - 490 hours over 28 weeks
Rate: $14.50 per hour
Language Requirement: English
Employer: Highland Village,
Candidate must meet the Young Canada Works Program criteria (under the age of 30 and returning to full-time studies) and be registered with YCW,
Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village, is located in Iona, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and is a folk life centre dedicated to preserving the language, culture and custom of the Gaelic speaking people who came to Nova Scotia. By the mid-19th century more than 50,000 Gaelic speaking immigrants from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland had settled in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. By the late 19th century, Gaels formed the dominant linguistic population in the province’s eastern counties with scores of thousands living in homogenous communities, speaking Gaelic or more properly, Gàidhlig, as their mother tongue.
Position Description:
The Archival Processing Technician will work with the Collections Manager to organize, arrange, and describe a variety of collections from the Highland Village’s backlog holdings. The targeted collections will include a variety of formats including textual records, photographs, and postcards documenting Nova Scotia Gaelic history. As well, the selected collections will represent various geographic locations with distinct linguistic and cultural traditions.
The Archival Processing Technician, along with the Collections Manager will identify significant collections/fonds for prioritization. The selection criteria will focus on researcher requests, condition of the materials, relevance to future projects and research, and the unique nature of the content. The student will work to appraise the collections, researching for historical significance and relevance to other collections in the archive’s holdings, physically arrange the records and provide descriptions. The description metadata will follow the Canadian standard Rules for Archival Description (RAD) and will entered on the Highland Village’s archive database.
Minimum/Essential Qualifications Needed to Perform Job: Ability to work according to an established schedule, computer skills, attention to detail, ability to work alone without close supervision, organizational skills, ability to lift and move heavy boxes, ability to work with other staff, understanding of historical research methods and approaches, ability to solve problems.
Preferred Qualifications: Interest in Gaelic, historical research methods, archival or library studies.
Applications due: August 6, 2021
The Highland Village follows the Nova Scotia Government’s Fair Hiring process that insures that hiring activities are based on the principles of merit, and guided by public service values that include respect, integrity, diversity, accountability and the public good. Candidates will be asked to verbally confirm they meet the eligibility criteria and forward applicable documentation prior to hiring.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
Contact:
Director, Baile nan Gàidheal | Highland Village, 4119 Highway 223, Iona, NS, B2C 1A3 rodney.chaisson@novascotia.ca
For more information, please visit the Young Canada Works website HERE
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Taigh Sgoile na Drochaide are so pleased to welcome their first teacher - Emily MacDonald. And aren't we fortunate to have such an experienced, caring and intentional individual to lead the charge with our first crop of youngsters!
Emily MacDonald | Eamag ni’n Rabairt 'ic Eachainn 'ic Eachainn Nìll Lodaidh (pictured here with Gaelic mentor Anna MacKinnon), is as rooted as one can be in Gleann nam Màgan | Glen of the Frogs (Ainslie Glen), Inverness County, with a MacKinnon and MacLellan heritage going back to the Island of Muck and Morar. She was drawn in her youth to Gàidhlig language and culture and has taken advantage of every opportunity to explore, learn and share. She has a Celtic Studies and Bachelor of Education Degree from St. Francis Xavier University and has focused on community-based education. A hard-working, well-organized self starter, Emily began the Na Gaisgich Òga youth program at Colaisde na Gàidhlig, has developed and led Gàidhlig Early Years programming and regularly mentors learners. She most recently has worked as a ban-chleasaiche at Highland Village. Emily enjoys visiting and speaking Gàidhlig with elders, especially along with her children, Archie and Rosie. She is delighted to begin her new role as teacher at Taigh Sgoile na Drochaide.
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A vital part of the ethos behind Taigh Sgoile na Drochaide is incorporating community, both the local community of central Inverness County, as well as the wider Gaelic Community of Nova Scotia in how we teach our youth and build with them what it means to be a Gael.
We hope that the Gaelic community will be just as excited to help this long time dream become a sustainable reality through donating to the school. Financial donations can be made HERE through the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia. All donations are eligible for charitable receipts.
If you'd like to help in other ways, we are seeking materials suitable for a primary classroom - games, cards, recreational materials, craft supplies, paper, outdoor equipment, etc. We'd be so happy to hear from you - please get in touch HERE
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Speak Gaelic will be launching in a few weeks! You can sign up on their site HERE for updates.
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Gaelic Community Interviews
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Tapadh leibh for the interview Dawn!
Over the summer, we will be conducting interviews with different members of the Nova Scotia Gaelic Community. We will be sharing these interviews in each edition of FIOS, so stay tuned to read about other members of the community.
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Gàidheil air Adhart Fund | The Gaels Forward Fund
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Comhairle na Gàidhlig is pleased to award a Gàidheil air Adhart grants to Còmhlan Filmeadairean Gàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidh!
Còmhlan Filmeadairean Gàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidh is a new organization formed to help support the development of individual Gaelic filmmakers in Nova Scotia and advocate on behalf of/grow the Nova Scotia Gaelic film community as a whole. They plan on achieving this by offering networking and educational support to filmmakers through regular meetings and workshops, by resource sharing, promoting their members’ work, and by offering a united voice for Nova Scotia Gaelic filmmakers. Their goal is to support those already making Nova Scotia Gaelic films and to undertake significant outreach activities to increase their number. This will always be done in an inclusive, welcoming manner that centres the Gaelic language in the films they are involved with, and looks for collaboration in both the wider Gaelic, and wider film communities in the province.
Thanks to a Gàidheil air Adhart grant, Còmhlan Filmeadairean Gàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidh (Gaelic Filmmakers' Society of Nova Scotia) is registering as a society, has started board meetings, and is in the process of planning a series of online filmmaking workshops and a weekend filmmaking program for later in the year. They will have more information and a website in the coming weeks and look forward to welcoming new members.
Over the past few weeks, we have been sharing different Gàidheil air Adhart recipients on our Social Media pages. To view the posts, please visit our Facebook page HERE
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Feis an Eilein is sponsoring classes in conversational Gaelic, Monday evenings at 7pm at the former St.Barra’s church.
Dates are as follows: July 19, July 26, August 2, August 9, 2021. $20 for all four classes (Native speakers and students admitted free).
Instructor: Stacy MacLean
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A wonderful opportunity for children ages 7-12 to learn about Gaelic language and culture on the old family homestead in Hawthorne. Children will have fun doing many hands-on activities that will teach them about local culture in Cape Breton. For more information, please visit the camp's Facebook page HERE
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Na Gaisgich Òga is a Gaelic mentorship program for Nova Scotians age 10 to 16 who want to learn to speak Gaelic, be engaged in Gaelic culture, and connect with young Gaels across the province.
Cuine | When:
September 2021 - April 2022
Participants receive:
• 100 hours of immersion
• 60 hours of cultural learning in English
• 30 hours of mentorship with a Gaelic speaker
Càite | Where:
Offered in five community locations:
Halifax
Sydney
Mabou
Iona
Antigonish
The majority of the program will take place in the communities, with the exception of three weekends held at the Gaelic College.
Price: $500
Visit our website for more information and how to apply: gaeliccollege.edu or contact our program director:
Colin MacDonald: colin@gaeliccollege.edu
902-258-7714
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Clasaichean Air Loidhne | Online Clases
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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 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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The annual Gaelic Ecumenical Church Service, normally held during Gaelic Month in May, will now go ahead, the Lord willing, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Mabou Harbour Road, August 8, 3pm.
Local candidate for the priesthood, David Rankin, will officiate and give the Reflection, and members of the Ecumenical Gaelic Choir, joined by local singers, will lead the singing.
Emphasis in an ecumenical service, where members of different Christian denominations come to worship together, is on praise, prayer, preaching, and scripture.
Thigibh’s bidh fàilte chridheil romhaibh!
(Current Covid protocol will be followed).
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Céidhlidhean Air Loidhne | Online Céilidhs
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Come join us for our 2021 Gaelic Concert Series and week-long Féis! 23rd Annual Gaelic Concert Series & 31st Annual Féis an Eilein.
All events recorded and aired on Facebook HERE and Youtube HERE.
For more information, please visit their website HERE.
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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.
Click here for more information. |
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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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