RSCDS North American Examinations

RSCDS Teacher Candidate Courses and Exams for Units 2, 3, and 5 was be offered in conjunction with TAC Summer School at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada July 23 to August 4, 2024 with tutors Sharon Barker and Ron Wallace, and musicians Gary Thomas and Lisa Doyle. Online dates were Sunday May 26, Sunday June 8, Saturday June 22, and Saturday July 6 at 11am Pacific Time.

RSCDS application forms for Units 2, 3 and 5 are all co-ordinated and paid for via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you are attending the candidate course we offer. Please do not contact RSCDS head office for those.

Candidates' Classes for Units 2, 3, and 5 were held at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from July 17 to 31, 2022, with Rebecca Blackhall-Peters and Geoffrey Selling as tutors and Gary Thomas as musician.

In years where there is no residential Candidate Course, TAC, in cooperation with RSCDS Scotland, will set up examination centres in eastern and western North America or as needed.  A centre needs a minimum of 6 candidates to make it viable but it is quite common for more isolated candidates to add to the numbers by traveling to the nearest centre for the exam, having been trained in their local area.

Any Branch wishing to become a centre, any tutors with potential candidates, and anyone interested in taking the courses leading to the exams should contact Examinations Coordinator, Joyce Lindsey at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or RSCDS headquarters in Scotland.