Community Events & Information
Organizations in Ontario and beyond work hard to support, sustain and promote the Scottish Gaelic language, history, culture and community though a variety of ways. Below are some of these events and opportunities, in addition to Comunn Gàidhlig Thoronto's events.
Do you have an event or opportunity you would like us to share? Please send us an email with details.
Clans and Scottish Societies of Canada (CASSOC)
Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies & Scottish Studies Foundation
St. Andrew's Society of Toronto
Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College
Scottish Diaspora Tapestry
An Comunn Gàidhealach Ameireaganach / The American Scottish Gaelic Society
World Congress of Scottish Literatures: “Dialogues and Diasporas"
Organizations in Ontario and beyond work hard to support, sustain and promote the Scottish Gaelic language, history, culture and community though a variety of ways. Below are some of these events and opportunities, in addition to Comunn Gàidhlig Thoronto's events.
Do you have an event or opportunity you would like us to share? Please send us an email with details.
Clans and Scottish Societies of Canada (CASSOC)
- Read CASSOC's March 2016 newsletter AN DROCHAID here.
- Tartan Day Spring Ceilidh in Toronto April 2, 2016. Here is their poster with the details.
Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies & Scottish Studies Foundation
- 2016 Spring Colloquium: A showcase of current research on Scottish history underway in the Centre. Saturday, April 16 at Knox College, University of Toronto. Details here.
- April 1: Join us at the Oor Club when Jo Ann Munro Tuskin will give a talk entitled: "The United Empire Loyalists: Pioneers of Ontario."
- April 5: "Why History Matters: An Evening with Margaret MacMillan" @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor St W., Toronto.
St. Andrew's Society of Toronto
- Tartan Day Dinner & Ceilidh Dance - April 8, 2016 @ 6:00 p.m. Details here.
Colaisde na Gàidhlig / The Gaelic College
- Year-round opportunities to learn Gaelic language and culture in Nova Scotia including summer school, March break programs, immersion courses, Gaelic weekends, online lessons, and more. More info here.
- An Cùrsa Bogaidh | Immersion Course - Intermediate Level
For details and to register: http://www.gaeliccollege.edu/study-with-us/gaelic-immersion-course/
Scottish Diaspora Tapestry
- World Tour - Exclusive Toronto Exhibition: Scotland's Global Legacy as it has never been seen before, stitched in 25 countries across the world. This worldwide community arts project records the stories of Scots and their descendants.
- September 19 - October 1, 2016 - Scarborough, Ontario. Details and flyer here.
An Comunn Gàidhealach Ameireaganach / The American Scottish Gaelic Society
- Grandfather Mountain Gaelic Song & Language Week July 3 - 8, 2016
- Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, USA. Details here.
World Congress of Scottish Literatures: “Dialogues and Diasporas"
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from June 21-25, 2017. Details here.
- The steering committee invites proposals for papers that explore the conference's themes. Deadline for submissions: Oct. 1, 2016.
