The Scottish Studies Foundation's Annual Tall Ship Cruise on the Empire Sandy commemorates the historic voyage of pioneer ship "Hector" which arrived in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1773. Lots of tartan, the skirl of the the pipes, folk singing and Scottish country dancing characterize this event which takes place every Labour Day Sunday in Toronto. This year's event will take place on September 5. Click here for more information.
Sir Sean Connery arriving at the first Rome Film Festival in 2006 to present "The Bowler and the Bunnet." This documentary, directed by Sir Sean, first aired on Scottish Television in 1967 at a time when 50,000 people were emigrating from Scotland each year.
It portrays attempts to halt the decline of the shipbuilding industry along the River Clyde in Glasgow, giving historic insight into the social and economic upheaval that failure of this crucial element of the Glasgow economy was having on its population.
The Scottish Studies Foundation is a Canadian charitable organization established to encourage research, both inside and outside universities, in Scottish culture -- history, literature, religion, art, law, and in Scottish migrations to North America; and to publish historical studies and documents relating to Scottish culture and migrations.
Our present emphasis is aimed at raising the awareness of the Scottish heritage in Canada through various levels of education including the funding of academic scholarships in Scottish Studies in Canada and Scotland.
The Foundation supports an office at the University of Guelph to handle enquiries regarding the University's Scottish Studies Program and is active in raising funds to obtain additional materials for the University's rare book and manuscript collection.
The Foundation also funds the publishing of "The International Journal of Scottish Studies" and financially supports Canadian and Scottish-related conferences.
The University of Guelph's History Department and the Centre for Scottish Studies are pleased to present an illustrated lecture by the National Museum of Scotland's Dr.David Caldwell. The lecture is entitled "The Lewis Chessmen - new light on medieval Lewis and the Kingdom of the Isles" and will take place at the University's MacKinnon Room 132 on Monday March 22 from 2:30-4:00 p.m. For more information, please contact Graeme Morton: gmorton@uoguelph.ca, Tel: 519 824-4120 ext 52255
The Scottish Studies 2010 Spring Colloquium will take place on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at Knox College, University of Toronto (pictured above)
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The Gaelic Society of Toronto and the University of Toronto Celtic Studies Program will be holding a day of Scottish Gaelic language and song on March 27, 2010.
