Indigenous History Month: Wikipedia Edit‑a‑thon at Dalhousie University
Article written by Caelin Nash – Community and Engagement Strategy Intern – Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University This event was partially funded
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News from the community
CCA Hosts Inaugural Wiki Edit-a-Thon
A look back at the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s first edit-a-thon held on May 22
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Wiki Loves Sport campaign 2024
The sixth edition of Wiki Loves Sport aims to improve content related to sport in the Wikimedia projects.
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Statement from Wikimedia Canada regarding the ratification vote of the Wikimedia Movement Charter
Wikimedia Canada hopes that ratification by numerous affiliates and members will further stimulate debate and discussion with the Foundation. This approach is intended to recognize the considerable volunteer and community efforts invested to date in continuing the process.
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A fun day full of learning and structured data for the second Wikithon #ArtsLitt at the Bibliothèque nationale.
On Sunday, March 17, in the midst of the Francophonie Month, Wikimedia Canada, BAnQ, the Fédération culturelle canadienne-française (FCCF) and Littérature québécoise mobile (LQM) once again joined forces to highlight our authors, their work, and even their structured data, on Wikipedia and Wikidata.
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Wikimedia Canada wants to get to know you better
We would like to learn more about who contributes or would like to contribute to the Wikimedia movement in Canada so that we can better support you.
Are you a Wikimedia contributor or would you like to become one ? Are you based in Canada? We are conducting a short survey to get to know our community better.
WCNA 2023: an key event for North American users
The 2023 WikiConference North America happened earlier this month (November 9-12), in Toronto, Canada. During four days, over 250 participants gathered at the Toronto Reference Library.
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Wikimania 2023 Session Highlight: Navigating the Wikipedia Library
Ever wanted to find journals, books, or news articles to use while editing Wikipedia and been blocked by a paywall? It’s a common occurrence given that, according to one 2018 study, only 28% of scholarly literature is Open Access (Piwowar et al., 2018). For Wikipedians looking for reliable sources to use, these paywalls can be incredibly problematic. However, as I learned at a Wikimania 2023 session, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has a solution! The Wikipedia Library.
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Archives of Ontario & the Alvin D. McCurdy fonds
Recently, the Archives of Ontario has added 155 images to its existing gallery of images, in Wikimedia Commons, from the Alvin D. McCurdy fonds.
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