Pop-Up Gàidhealtachd
Level: Beginners with some experience
*In-Person | Saturday, Oct. 26 | 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Join us for an informal “pop-up” Scottish Gaelic conversation session with Mike Campbell and Nick Nickerson. You can spend the afternoon learning about Gaelic language, speaking with other learners and folks fluent in Gaelic. Bring your enthusiasm, and any questions you have about Gaelic language and the culture to the event. This Pop-Up is included for FREE, when you sign up for Nick and Mike's Scots Gaelic workshop. Otherwise, the fee is $15.
Mike Campbell
Born and raised in Halifax, Mike Campbellis a Gaelic learner and an active member of theGaelic community here. Mike is currently board chair of Sgoil Ghàidhlig an ÀrdBhaile / theGaelic Language Society of Halifax. Mike is keen on reclaiming his ancestral language, andworks to help promote an open and welcoming Gaelic community here in HRM.Mike lovesGaelic song and counts Runrig as one of his all time favourite bands.
Nick Nickerson
Nick Nickerson is a Gaelic learner based in Halifax and co-founder of the Gaelic BusinessInitiative, a not-for-profit organization that aims to promote Gaelic through integration withbusiness. A drinker of IRN-BRU and an amateur Scottish hillwalker he actively tries to findany excuse to go to an t-seann dùthaich (the Old Country, or Scotland), whether for work orplay.