National Tartan Day Spring Meeting
Our National Tartan Day - Spring Meeting this year will be:
DATE: Sunday 12 April 2026
TIME: 3pm ET (12pm PT, 1 pm MT, 2 pm CT, 4 pm AT)
PLACE: Virtual Only
DURATION: Under two hours
Advance registration by Saturday April 11, 2026 is requested!
https://www.scotscanada.ca/en/watchlive
Honouring National Tartan Day, the presentations include
Scotland's Cradle of Liberty
The History and Ongoing Legacy of Arbroath Abbey
by Jim Millar of the Friends of Arbroath Abbey
Q&A
(click here to find out more about Jim Millar)
A musical performance by members of
Atlantic Firth Scottish Dance Band*
A four-piece Scottish dance band based in Ontario—featuring fiddle, accordion, guitar, and piano—with strong Scottish roots and extensive experience performing for concerts and Scottish country dancing dedicated to sharing and promoting Scottish music and culture throughout Canada.
Clan Grant and Canada: Inseparable from the birth of the Métis Nation
by Charles Grant (Chic), Vice-Chairman, Clan Grant Society, UK*
Q&A
Time permitting there will updates on the following
Scots of Canada Roadshow 2026
Upcoming article/presentation on the Monymusk Reliquary
New Scots of Canada Website
* Members of Scots of Canada
More details are available at
www.scotscanada.ca/spring-2026
To register click the button below or visit
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/DHWVvbHyTHWxbm20P1adcg
Jim Millar is a former Monument Manager of Arbroath Abbey. A graduate of Aberdeen and Stirling 
Universities, his studies covered Medieval and Early Modern Scottish and European history.
With a background in journalism and politics, he was a Political Affairs Editor and worked in the Scottish Parliament for 17 years, in addition to serving as a media adviser to a Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary.
His work promoting Scotland internationally has seen him win a number of awards, including two commendations from the Government of Japan and commissioned a Kentucky Colonel.
A whisky entrepreneur, he led the development of the world’s first fusion of Scottish and Japanese drams called The Glover and has repeated this success with a number of other international whiskies.