Teacher Resources
Reading and Listening Materials
Cainnt mo Mhàthar is a website showcasing video and audio recordings of Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia.
The primary objective for The Bridge Between Us is to present Gaelic Nova Scotia's traditional Gaelic cultural expression and tradition as it has been authentically known.
Learn Gaelic is an online resource that offers online lessons for beginner through to intermediate levels. They also offer a dictionary and links to other videos and radio programs.
The Beaton Institute is the official repository for historically significant records of Cape Breton University. It is a centre for local, regional, national, and global research and strives to promote inquiry through innovative academic and public programming initiatives.
This website offers Gaelic resources to use when working with children who have speech sound difficulties. This includes activities that target those sounds which occur in Gaelic but not English.
The Beaton Institute is the official repository for historically significant records of Cape Breton University. It is a centre for local, regional, national, and global research and strives to promote inquiry through innovative academic and public programming initiatives.
MacTalla (The Echo) was a Gaelic newspaper printed in Cape Breton. SMO has digitized the entire first volume of the newspaper.
The Gaelstream Recordings from St.FX University are various recordings of Gaelic speakers, storytellers, and singers.
Am Bràighe was devoted to Gaelic oral tradition, music and book reviews, history, folklore, music, song, dance, interviews, and news. It ran from the summer of 1993 to the fall of 2003.
Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches is Scotland’s online resource dedicated to the presentation and promotion of audio recordings of Scotland’s cultural heritage. Its principal content is songs, music, history, poetry, traditions and stories, recorded from the 1930s onwards.
The Gaelic Affairs YouTube channel presents samples of Gaelic language and culture in Nova Scotia. Videos on conversation, song, music, dance, story and more will communicate a living Gaelic language and cultural community in our province.
Learn Scottish Gaelic in just 5 minutes a day with Duolingo's game-like lessons. Whether you’re a beginner starting with the basics or looking to practice your reading, writing, and speaking, Duolingo has a lesson for all levels.
The BBC's Gaelic Radio service. Listen live from anywhere. Some features may be unavailable outside of the United Kingdom.
Speak Gaelic is an online tool for learning Gaelic and is accompanied by various audio and visual aids for learning the Gaelic language from beginner to advanced levels.
Gaelic Nova Scotia: A Resource Guide is a document intended for teachers, learners, or anybody curious about Gaelic Culture.
Folklorist MacEdward Leach recorded songs performed by singers from settler folk music traditions on the island of Newfoundland and in Gaelic-speaking areas of Nova Scotia.
Cainnt is Ceathramhan | Language and Lyrics is collaborative project to catalogue, digitize, transcribe and facilitate access to the Gaelic songs and folklore of Nova Scotia.
Cape Breton's Magazine was dedicated to the History, Natural History and Future of Cape Breton Island. Many articles about Gaelic culture are featured, some of which is in or includes Gaelic.
This articulate site Gaelic Language and Cultural Heritage and Identity: Gaels in Nova Scotia - Overview | Rise 360 was created by the DoEECD with input from the Office of Gaelic Affairs.
Organizations
The Highland Village is a museum in Cape Breton that also runs courses throughout the year and the Storas a' Bhaile program in Summer
Up With Gaelic offers presentations and performances for different age groups from Primary to grade 6. They can also teach some traditional Gaelic games or a square set figure or two to a Phys. Ed. class, or sing and play fiddle tunes with a Music class.
The Gaelic Language Society of Halifax promotes, provides and supports community-based Nova Scotia Gaelic language learning, within a cultural context, for people of all ages in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Gaelic is offered in the Bachelor of Arts program at Cape Breton University as a minor.
Over the years, Nova Scotia Archives has been a leader in preserving, for future generations, a body of archival records that document the province's rich Gaelic roots and the continuing culture, heritage and traditions
Gaelic Affairs works to promote the Gaelic language and ensures that Gaelic culture continues to thrive in Nova Scotia.
The Mabou Gaelic and Historical Society was founded in 1975 in Mabou, Nova Scotia. Since then, our dedicated volunteers have been working to promote the continuation and growth of the Gaelic language and culture, and to preserve items, legends, landmarks and other aspects of the history of Mabou.
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The Gaelic College provides weekend immersions, the accredited An Cursa Bogaidh month-long course and summer programming for youth and adults.
The annual Féis An Eilein encompasses workshops in Gaelic language and song, stepdancing, fiddle and chanter. A two day Gaelic Activities Camp for youth is held each year. Another key feature of the annual féis is the provision of opportunities for visitors and residents to participate in the Gaelic culture through concerts, milling frolics céilidhs and square dances.
For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is alive with music, energy and excitement as people come from far and wide to celebrate our rich culture. From concerts to dances and workshops to community suppers, Celtic Colours International Festival offers a full range of events against a gorgeous backdrop of autumn colours.
Celtic Studies at St. Francis Xavier University has as its core the languages, literatures, and histories of Celtic-speaking peoples, from the Continental Celts of ancient Gaul to the modern survivals in Scotland, Ireland, the island of Man, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. It extends into a range of topics, including archaeology, art, music, literature, folklore, religion, dance, immigration and ethnic studies.
The Irish Studies Department at Saint Mary's University offers a variety of courses in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
The Antigonish Gaelic Society offers Gaelic Language programming in Antigonish Town.
Comunn Gàidhlig Cheap Breatuinn (the Cape Breton Gaelic Society) was established in October 1969. Its purpose is to promote the Gaelic language specifically, and Scottish culture more generally. It provides language learning and cultural activities.
The Celtic Music Centre is a not-for-profit society and a one-of-a-kind facility located in the tiny village of Judique, Cape Breton Island. Our mandate is to collect, preserve and promote the traditional Celtic music of Cape Breton Island through Education, Research and Performance. The CMIC offers an in-depth look into the history, culture and music of Cape Breton Island in an authentic and lively atmosphere.
Còmhlan Filmeadairean Gàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidh (Gaelic Filmmakers Society of Nova Scotia) promotes and supports Gaelic Filmmakers in Nova Scotia through education, networking and promotion.
For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is alive with music, energy and excitement as people come from far and wide to celebrate our rich culture. From concerts to dances and workshops to community suppers, Celtic Colours International Festival offers a full range of events against a gorgeous backdrop of autumn colours.
For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is alive with music, energy and excitement as people come from far and wide to celebrate our rich culture. From concerts to dances and workshops to community suppers, Celtic Colours International Festival offers a full range of events against a gorgeous backdrop of autumn colours.
