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Air splaoid logo

Cànan’s major project of 2007, Air Splaoid!, is a national campaign to encourage people to discover Gaelic.

Gaelic Plan Toolkit

Cànan’s latest project, Gaelic Plans Toolkit, is aimed at helping organisations with their Gaelic Language Plan.


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cànan n (kahnan) Providers of innovative learning and communication solutions, in anyone’s language.


What you see is what you get with Cànan – cutting-edge services across key, interrelated fields. Our team ethic means that if your project needs learning, design and/or language elements, Cànan can provide an innovative integrated solution.

We work in an honest, positive, partnership to meet your aims. We provide solutions which are innovative but reliable; creative but deliverable; and will get you noticed… for the right reasons. We are committed to supporting the languages and cultures of the area, but we are always open to new experiences and ideas. We choose to work from the stunning Isle of Skye, but will always travel to meet you (unless of course you want to escape your office).

We have a way with words, design and new learning pathways. Our people in creativeLearning, languageSolutions and dynamicDesign can make sure your people and clients benefit.


Cànan, with Napier University, was the only Scottish company to win a DTI Award in 2004 for its Knowledge Transfer Partnership - and made the final eight for the overall UK award.

We also won a Highlands and Islands Business of the Year award in July 2005…

…but we don’t make a big thing of it.