Welcome to Wikimedia Canada!

Wikimedia Canada is a nonprofit organization promoting free access to knowledge and education, mainly by supporting the development of content on the Wikimedia projects.

Upcoming events and activities

Calendar of public events

MAY
22

Worskhop at the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal, Quebec
GLAM page on French Wikipedia

MAY
23

GLAM Wiki Summit 2019 in Toronto, Ontario
GLAMSummit2019

JUN
1-30

Wiki Loves Earth in Canada
Competition page

JUN
1

Toronto History Edit-a-thon in Toronto, Ontario
Meetup page on English Wikipedia

JUN
2

Wikipedia Dance Project Edit-a-thon in Toronto, Ontario
Event page

JUN
4

Wiki Tuesday at Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal, Quebec
Event page on French Wikipedia

JUN
6

Wiki photography conference at Plateau-Mont-Royal Library in Montreal, Quebec
Details to come

JUN
9

Wiki meetup in Vancouver, British Columbia
At 10AM at Kafka's Coffee and Tea (2525 Main Street)

JUN
18

InterAccess Art+Feminism Edit-A-Thon in Toronto, Ontario
Event page on InterAccess' website

JUN
19

Worskhop at the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal, Quebec
GLAM page on French Wikipedia

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News

Signature of an agreement with Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada and Wikimedia Canada are proud to announce that they have just signed an over-arching agreement to work together in making the country's documentary heritage more accessible to Canadians and people around the world.

This agreement sets the framework for future projects and the organization of events such as edit-a-thons and scan-a-thons. As well, both institutions have agreed to share their expertise and collaborate on research. Specific projects will be announce in the coming months.

Apprenez-en plus sur Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Wiki Loves Earth

During the month of June, Wikimedia Canada is organizing Wiki Loves Earth in Canada. Wiki Loves Earth is an international photo competition to promote natural protected areas around the world. The goal of the contest is to put online as many pictures of recognized natural areas of Canada as possible during the month of June 2019 on Wikimedia Commons in order to share them, for free and under a free licence, with the world. For more information: Wiki Loves Earth/Home.

New mailing list for Wikimedia Canada

Wikimedia Canada has created a new mailing list for all discussions about the Wikimedia movement in Canada. The General mailing list of Wikimedia Canada is a centralized list for subscribers, participants and interested parties to discuss Wikimedia projects. General and important announcements from Wikimedia Canada will be posted to this list. Announcements from Wikimedia Canada will be bilingual but discussions can be in any language. To join this mailing list go to https://discussions.wikimedia.ca/lists/listinfo/general. To send messages to the mailing list: general

discussions.wikimedia.ca.

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