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Màiri Britton

Scotland

Màiri Britton is a Gaelic educator, musician, and project coordinator based in Unama’ki | Cape Breton. She works in numerous roles focused on uplifting and celebrating Gaelic language and culture, teaching in community and at institutions including St. Francis Xavier University and Colaisde na Gàidhlig (the Gaelic College). She is Coordinator of the Cala Cainnte (Language Haven) project, and Cainnt is Ceathramhan (Language and Lyrics) Gaelic folklore project, the initiative behind the Nova Scotia Gaelic Song index that inspired a show at Celtic Colours in 2023. As a musician, Màiri is in regular demand as a tutor and performer of Gaelic song, stepdance and Scottish harp and has toured as a member of Gaelic trad group Fàrsan. Originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, Màiri retains strong ties to her motherland and loves visiting tradition-bearers on both sides of the Atlantic to learn from their store of songs, stories and cultural wisdom.

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