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This event will take place on October 18, 2017 at locations across Canada. A list of local host locations can be found below. This event is focused on improving Wikipedia content related to Canadian history - be that national, regional, or local history. It is free and open to the public. Details on specific supports available at local locations can be found below.

Event information

  • Date: October 18, 2017
  • Times: See location listings for regional event times.
  • Locations :
  • Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, 1:00-4:00pm ET in the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
  • Canada's National History Society, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 10:00am-8:00pm
  • History 325 (101) class at University of British Columbia, taught by Andrea Eidinger.
  • Historical GIS Lab at the University of Saskatchewan, hosted by the History Graduate Student Committee.
  • W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections, Queen's University Kingston, 11:00-2:00pm, located in Douglas Library, 2nd floor
  • University of New Brunswick Fredericton Wed Oct 18 1-5pm Tilley 028.
  • Description:This event is an edit-a-thon to create, revise and add to entries on Wikipedia relating to Canadian history.
  • Before the event: Please select entries that interest you from the lists below (Articles in draft and/or Articles needing expansion), and do some background research to find good sources/information to include on each page during our edit-a-thon. Doing some research prior to our event will help get things moving, so that we can spend our time editing (rather than gathering sources). Remember that entries in Wikipedia must be about notable people/organizations, and must have good sources to verify this. Your entries must be neutral, establish notability, and must not be copy-pasted from another source.

=Day of the event=

If you haven't already, please sign in to the [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Algoma_Unviersity/Canada-Wide_Canadian_History?enroll=CdnHist event dashboard].

To being contributing, click on 'Join program' in the Actions box, on the bottom right hand side of the page. The passcode to join the event is 'CdnHist'. Once you have joined the event, assign yourself a page to improve or create and start editing! Signing into the Dashboard helps up keep track of all the edits made during this event!

Participants

Please add your Wikipedia username to list below if you plan on participating:

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  1. Krista McCracken
  2. Stormkateri92
  3. Jessica Knapp
  4. Dnllnd
  5. Russ Chamberlayne
  6. Jillian Sparks
  7. Kim Bell
  8. Maddy Bifano
  9. Emelie Perron-Clow
  10. Andrea Eidinger
  11. Joseph Fitkowski
  12. Noodin Shawanda
  13. Erich Otten
  14. Rory Cuthbert
  15. User:alemichx
  16. AmyTriplett
  17. ssnape19
  18. Muradster

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What can I work on?

The theme for this edit-a-thon is Canadian history. There are a number of ways you can contribute to Wikipedia . You can create or enhance Wikipedia articles, add external links, verify and update citations, provide resources to help those writing articles, and assist with research. Please add articles in need of improvement or creation to the lists below.

=Articles in need of improvement=

=Articles in need of creation=

Organizations

  • Archives Association of Ontario [http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/ARCH_DESC_FACT/FACTSDESC/REFD+F+2090?SESSIONSEARCH][https://gencat4.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/request/Action?SystemName=City+of+Toronto+Archives&UserName=wa+public&Password=&CMD_(DetailRequest)%5B0%5D=&ProcessID=6000_1980(0)&KeyValues=KEY_89165]
  • Ontario Museums Association [http://www.grants.gov.on.ca/GrantsPortal/en/OntarioGrants/GrantOpportunities/OSAPQA005135] [https://www.brantnews.com/opinion-story/6898964-at-the-museum-museums-are-economic-drivers-in-community/]
  • Canadian Women's Movement Archive [https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/archives-and-special-collections/womens-archives] [https://www.academia.edu/584019/Preserving_Records_Creating_Memories_Shaping_Research_Inside_the_Canadian_Women_s_Movement_Archives]
  • Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives [https://www.cjarchives.ca/en/] [http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/national-jewish-archives-renamed] [http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/ottawa-jewish-archives-now-more-accessible-online]
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Historic Trust [https://www.historictrust.ca/about] [http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/landingpage/collection/hist_trust]
  • Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba [http://www.trcm.ca/] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-treaty-commissioner-jamie-wilson-retires-1.3510293] [https://www.appointments-nominations.gc.ca/prflOrg.asp?OrgID=TRCM] [http://news.umanitoba.ca/new-agreement-lays-roadmap-for-treaty-education/]
  • National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation [http://nctr.ca/map.php] [http://www.netnewsledger.com/2017/08/30/kevin-lamoureux-joins-national-centre-truth-reconciliation/] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/trc-centre-winnipeg-1.3898651] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/gord-downie-truth-reconciliation-centre-secret-path-funding-1.3754757] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/national-centre-truth-reconciliation-winnipeg-1.3301305] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-ground-zero-for-trc-conversations-with-new-national-centre-1.3096957]
  • North American Indian Brotherhood [http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/north-american-indian-brotherhood-meets-in-ottawa-1948] [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/aboriginal-people-political-organization-and-activism/] [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/201630] [http://caid.ca/AFNHis2010.pdf]
  • Graphic History Collective [http://rabble.ca/columnists/2017/09/graphic-history-collective-re-imagines-parts-canadas-history] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/whitehorse-artist-counter-canada-150-celebrations-poster-1.3969312] [http://rabble.ca/news/2015/05/what-canadians-need-to-know-about-their-labour-history] [http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2016/05/rise-drawn-to-change-illustrates-canadian-labours-stories-and-struggles] [https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2016/09/09/Different-Kind-of-Labour/]
  • Woodland Cultural Centre [http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/indigenous-residential-schools-sites-ry-moran-1.4306944] [https://www.brantnews.com/news-story/7112691-woodland-cultural-centre-on-hunt-for-new-executive-director/]
  • Canadian Penal Press [https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/bl/article/view/24910] [http://penalpress.com/]
  • Mother Earth Water Walk

People

  • Josephine Mandamin [http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/03/04/ojibwe-grandmother-and-water-walker-josephine-mandamin-honored-conservation-163643] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/josephine-mandamin-ontario-award-1.3465895] [http://www.ammsa.com/publications/ontario-birchbark/grandmother-walks-protect-water]
  • Jane Constance Cook (Ga'axstal'as) [http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Extension/Articles/30-Outstanding-Women] [http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299173842]
  • Martha Troian [https://www.vice.com/en_ca/author/martha-troian] [http://www.mediaindigena.com/martha-troian]
  • Susan Blight [http://agnes.queensu.ca/event/details/conversations-in-indigenous-arts-susan-blight/] [https://gallery44.org/artists/susan-blight] [http://family.utoronto.ca/Stories/SusanBlight.htm] [https://factoronto.org/albums-2/fac-artists-2014/susan-blight/]
  • Virgil Burnett [https://uwaterloo.ca/library/special-collections-archives/collections/burnett-virgil-fonds][https://www.gallery.ca/en/library/Virgil-Burnett.php][http://www.gallerystratford.on.ca/exhibits/virgil-burnett][http://e-artexte.ca/1428/][https://uwaterloo.ca/fine-arts/about/people/emeriti/virgil-burnett][https://books.google.ca/books?id=-E7exHSXKekC&dq=%22virgil+burnett%22+illustrator&source=gbs_navlinks_s][https://books.google.ca/books?id=Mkh2vJ_9GpEC&lpg=PA166&dq=%22Virgil%20Burnett%22&pg=PA166#v=onepage&q=%22Virgil%20Burnett%22&f=false]
  • Arthur Bear Chief [http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120260] [http://www.ammsa.com/publications/windspeaker/bear-chief-refuses-%E2%80%98shut-up%E2%80%99-or-%E2%80%98move-on%E2%80%99] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/pain-to-the-page-alberta-residential-school-survivor-chronicles-his-lifetime-of-hell-1.4049954] [http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2017/03/29/rises-reimagined-book-club-reads-arthur-bear-chiefs-new-memoir] [http://archives.algomau.ca/main/node/21112]
  • Doreen Manuel [http://www.runningwolf.ca/] [http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2015/02/26/new-movie-about-serial-killer-robert-pickton-and-his-victims-begins-shooting-in-vancouver.html]

Events

  • 1981 Canada Summer Games [http://www.archeion.ca/jeux-canada-games-1981-fonds][http://www.thunderbay.ca/Assets/City+Government/City+Records+$!26+Archives/docs/Archival+Series/Jeux+Canada+Games+Fonds+Description.pdf][http://www.thunderbay.ca/City_Government/City_Records_and_Archives/Web_Exhibits/Jeux_Canada_Games_1981.htm][http://www.archeion.ca/canada-games-complex-administrative-files][http://www.tbnewswatch.com/News/191689/City_archives_look_to_1981_Jeux_Canada_Games][http://www.chroniclejournal.com/sports/thunder-bay-showed-its-volunteering-enthusiasm-during-the-games/article_b3b73d7f-8642-536b-a123-be9ec9c1f546.html]
  • Orange Shirt Day [https://www.brantnews.com/community-story/7542576-residential-survivors-to-gather-for-healing-journey/] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/orange-shirt-day-1.3785597] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/national-orange-shirt-day-promotes-healing-and-reconciliation-1.2782559] [http://www.manitoulin.ca/2016/10/05/orange-shirt-day-symbolizes-residential-school-losses/]
  • Chicora Incident [https://www.sootoday.com/columns/remember-this/remember-this-the-chicora-incident-180306] [http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques/Plaque_Algoma05.html]

Heritage Sites

  • Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site [https://www.sootoday.com/columns/remember-this/remember-this-the-many-lives-of-the-old-stone-house-183134] [http://www.saultstar.com/2013/08/26/discovery-centre-construction-underway-at-ermatinger-clergue-national-historic-site] [https://www.sootoday.com/columns/remember-this/remember-this-a-bachelor-retreat-of-the-proper-architectural-style-181639] [http://www.saultstar.com/2012/11/15/clergues-blueprints-are-surprise-find]

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Resources for Research

{{main|Bibliography of Canadian history|Bibliography of Canada}}

;Government of Canada

  • [https://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb_r000-eng.htm Canada Year Book (CYB) annual 1867-1967]
  • [http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/olc-cel/olc.action?ObjId=11-516-X&ObjType=2&lang=en&Limit=1 Historical Statistics of Canada]
  • [http://www.pc.gc.ca/leg/docs/v-g/pm-mp/lhn-nhs/ehn-ens/index_e.asp Events of National Historic Significance]
  • [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs National Historic Sites of Canada]
  • [http://www.pc.gc.ca/leg/docs/v-g/pm-mp/lhn-nhs/phn-pns/index_e.asp Persons of National Historic Significance in Canada]
  • [http://www.biographi.ca/index-e.html The Dictionary of Canadian Biography]
  • [http://www.historymuseum.ca/ The Canadian Museum of History]
  • [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/canada150 Statistics Canada Telling Canada's Story in Numbers project]

;Other

  • [http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/pages/8-otherpubs/overviewcore_en.html Canadian Studies] - Guide to the Sources
  • [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/ImmigrationHistoryofCanada.htm History of Canadian immigration] by Marianopolis College
  • [http://www.histori.ca/default.do?page=.index The Historica-Dominion Institute]

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