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.
Read More
As announced in Abidjan last September, the 2024 edition of the WikiConvention francophone will be held in Quebec City. The
Read More
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.
Wikimedia Canada is seeking an experienced Treasurer to join its Board of Directors. The Treasurer must be familiar with the financial accounting of non-profit and charitable organizations. They are responsible for overseeing accounting procedures and reporting.
Read More
As announced in Abidjan last September, the 2024 edition of the WikiConvention francophone will be held in Quebec City. The
Read More
Wikimedia Canada is a non-profit committed to the growth, development and distribution of free knowledge in Canada. Our actions are made possible by donors like you.
Read More
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.
Read More
The Sound Map Project aims to create a visual and audio representation of contributions to Wikimedia projects from the Canadian community in all its diversity.
Read More
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.
Read More
February 3, 2023. The day I created my Wikipedia account for a grad school assignment. All I had to do was find a Wikipedia article and write a paper suggesting future edits and analyzing the article’s edit history. If you asked me in February whether I thought a single assignment about Wikipedia editing would have such an impact on my life, I would have said absolutely not.
Read More