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THE SCOTS CANADIAN Issue XXXVI Newsletter of the Scottish Studies Society: ISSN No THE SCOTS CANADIAN Issue XXXVI Newsletter of the Scottish Studies Society: ISSN No. 1491-2759 Spring 2013 Lewis MacKinnon, Poet Laureate of Scotland, named Scot of the Year We are delighted to announce that on more than two centuries Wednesday April 10, Lewis MacKinnon, since his people left Moidart Poet Laureate of Scotland will be presented and the Isle of Muck on with our annual Scot of the Year Award at Scotland’s rugged west our Tartan Day Dinner event to be held in coast. Toronto's historic Arts & Letters Club, which “I guess the people Lewis MacKinnon wearing ceremonial robe and crown for more than a century has been an involved with The Mòd important presence in Canada's cultural found something in my Gaelic poems that dying we could carry on a pretty good scene. spoke to them,” says MacKinnon. “Nova conversation.” Of course, one might expect the poet Scotia is the last living Gaelic community As a performer, he has sung in English, laureate of Scotland to be a Scot, but in outside Scotland. It is the same language, Scottish Gaelic and Irish, performing in 2011, for the first time in the 122-year just more than 200 years removed.” coffee shops, pubs, convention centres, history of the Royal National Mòd, In 2008, MacKinnon published a volume theatres and concert halls in every Atlantic Scotland’s annual Gaelic cultural festival, of poetry entitled Famhair: dain ghaidhlig Canadian province, Ontario as well as in Nova Scotia poet Lewis MacKinnon was eile or in English, Giant and Other Gaelic Scotland and Ireland. given the honour. Poems. It is a collection of almost 100 In the fall of 2007 he was a featured The poet laureate position, as the poems printed on facing pages in Gaelic and performer at the Féile Ámhranaíochta (The organizers of the international festival English. The title piece portrays the Gaelic Irish Song Festival in Belfast) and also in the describe, is “bestowed on an individual who language as a sleeping but restless giant, internationally acclaimed Celtic Colours has contributed significantly to the Gaelic stretched out beneath the province. Festival, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. literary world and it carries an ambassadorial “The Gaelic language went to sleep in this In 2008 his performances included the Blas role for the language and culture.” province, it went to sleep in times past, living Festival in Scotland and the Celtic Colours He expects his poet laureate role to under the earth, like a great giant, stretched Festival again. provide a tremendous learning and growth out,” MacKinnon wrote, suggesting the His all-Gaelic CD entitled A’ Seo - Here experience, including more about the Mòd language, while infrequently spoken, earned him an East Coast Music Award and its events. remained intrinsic. nomination and the song Ailein Duinn a “It will be great to work and learn with “This giant went to bed when our province traditional Gaelic song was selected to be others in terms of Gaelic development,” was young, but now wishes to rise up, to included in the Celtic Colours Festival’s MacKinnon noted. prove that he isn’t so frightful, that he is of 2007 compilation CD. He said his appointment also “recognizes use, for those who now tread upon him.” MacKinnon is a vocal artist who combines the efforts that have been going on in Nova MacKinnon’s father, Joe, acquired Gaelic passion and perspective along with powerful Scotia in terms of Gaelic language and as a child growing up in the town of baritone vocals in his songs. His most recent culture development over the last couple of Inverness on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton effort offers interpretations of traditional decades. Island, but MacKinnon learned his Gaelic material to inspire present and future “We do have a living language and culture first from a great-uncle who spent the last 15 generations of learners, singers and that can make meaningful contributions to years of his life with the MacKinnons. Well composers. the whole discussion around Gaelic today.” beyond teaching the mechanics of the We do hope you will be able to join us on MacKinnon is better known as the language, Dougald MacDougall managed to April 10 for a memorable evening, so please executive director of Gaelic Affairs for the instill a great passion for the Gaelic. keep your eye on our website Province of Nova Scotia, though some still “He loved his language and one day I (www.scottishstudies.com) as we get closer know him as the young fellow from asked him to teach it to me. We started with to that date for up-to-date information. Or Antigonish County’s Dunmore Road who simple, everyday phrases like “close the feel free to call David Hunter at 416-699- speaks the Gaelic and sings it, too. door” and “open the window.” It was 9942 ([email protected]) for When he was crowned last fall in something special between my father and my more information. We look forward to Scotland’s western isles he was introduced as great-uncle. It appealed to me, so little by seeing as many of our supporters as possible the festival’s first-ever transatlantic bard. He little, I learned. By the time Dougald was at the event. is not exactly a stranger to Scotland, but it is have organized some great talks recently at Digitizing Scotland the Centre. Dr Kevin James spoke on Victorian Travellers on their Highland Tour By Dr. Graeme Morton and Katie McCullough analyzed the London Chair of Scottish Studies branch of the Highland Society of Scotland University of Guelph in the eighteenth century. The highlight for me, and I'm sure for many, was Mr. Jack Ross who gave us the benefit of 50 years of e have all come across some research into the characters in Burns's classic wonderful things when we start to "Tam O' Shanter." Reciting an illustrated version of the poem, Jack then gave a tour de W search the internet. It's truly March 29, 2013. A student rate of $10 is force performance on all the details in amazing what some people put out there, available. As always, lunch and coffee Burns's life that worked their way into the although thankfully most of it (but not all!) is breaks are included. characters and settings for what for many the "good stuff". Our students are certainly As in the past, the Scottish Studies people is their favourite piece of Burns. lost without the digital world around them. Foundation’s Annual Meeting will take place Thanks Jack, it was a performance to My colleagues and I in the Centre for during the lunch break (from 12 to 1:30 pm) remember and it will be a tall act to follow. Scottish Studies at the University of Guelph and it is important to note that a change in But still do please join us for forthcoming get the picture now: if its not available after a the law governing registered charitable talks by Kate Zubczyk on "Laurence Bruce: couple of searches on Google, then our organizations requires them to transition to Scottish Tyrant or Shetland hero" (March students are going to lose interest pretty the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act 11th, 3pm, room 132 Mackinnon, U of G) quickly. Thankfully, though, we can still (NFP Act). and Alec Follett, "Outlaws, Heroes and entice most of them to visit the archives Registered charities that are currently Fathers: Scottish Chapbook Masculinities" when they know they are going to see incorporated under Part II of the Canada (March 16th, 3pm, room 132 Mackinnon, U something unique. Textbooks they want on Corporations Act (such as the Scottish of G). Coffee and cake are always on offer their iPads, but primary documents are Studies Foundation and the Scottish Studies and entry is free. Further details from our allowed to be old and musty, although Society) must apply for a certificate of website, Facebook and Twitter feed (my that preferably the handwriting is something they continuance to transition to the NFP Act by sounds modern!): can read. October 17, 2014. Not everyone can get to our world-class The Canada Not-for-profit Corporations http://www.uoguelph.ca/scottish/ archives, however, so increasingly we have Act (NFP Act) - which came into force on https://www.facebook.com/scottishstudies begun to digitize our treasures to make them October 17, 2011 - is the law that governs the https://twitter.com/ScottishStudies available at the end of a few clicks. Thanks internal affairs of federal not-for-profit to the generosity of the Scottish Studies corporations. Note that Part II of the Canada Also, the 2013 Scottish Studies Spring Foundation and its donation of $10,000 to the Corporations Act (CCA Part II) will continue Colloquium will be held on 6 April 2012 at project, we have been able to get yet more of to govern federal not-for-profit corporations Knox College, University of Toronto, from our collection scanned and available to read - until they make the transition to the NFP Act. 10:30 am to 3 pm (registration opens at 10 free of charge - from the Internet Archive. Such transitions must be completed by am). We have some great talks to present to The first 66 Scottish studies books of this October 17, 2014. you, plus a brand new documentary directed latest project are now available to read, and The transition process involves replacing by Dr Michael Newton on teaching Gaelic in more are on their way in the next few weeks. the corporation's letters patent, Canada.
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