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SUMMARY:National Indigenous History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
DESCRIPTION:Representation matters. Not just on screens and pages\, but in 
 the information and data we share. Join us at the School of Medicine in 
 Brampton\, Ontario to celebrate National Indigenous History Month by 
 learning to edit Wikipedia. Anyone can make a difference by helping to 
 improve coverage of Indigenous histories online. Come for community\, and 
 learn to edit Wikipedia pages if you're new!\n\nThis event is open to the 
 TMU Community. We will begin at noon with a keynote by Connie Walker. 
 Connie will deliver a talk titled Truth Before Reconciliation which will 
 explore truth and agency and their relationship to the creation of 
 narratives in our news media and sources like Wikipedia.\n\nConnie Walker 
 is a Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist and host of the 
 acclaimed podcasts Stolen and Missing & Murdered. Her work has exposed the 
 crisis of violence in Indigenous communities and the devastating impacts of 
 intergenerational trauma stemming from Indian Residential Schools.\n\nA 
 member of the Okanese First Nation\, Walker has spent over two decades 
 shedding light on often overlooked stories within Indigenous communities. 
 Walker’s podcast Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s\, is one of the most 
 comprehensive investigations into a single Canadian residential school. The 
 series won a Pulitzer Prize and a Peabody Award\, becoming the first 
 podcast to win both awards in the same year. The podcast also won an Edward 
 R. Murrow Award\, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award\, a National Magazine 
 Award (Ellie) from the American Society of Magazine Editors\, and an 
 honourable mention from the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of 
 Trauma.\n\nWalker is an Assistant Professor and the Velma Rogers Research 
 Chair in the School of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan 
 University.\n\nThe keynote will followed by optional training for 
 beginners. Collective editing will begin after the training. Drop in and 
 out anytime.\n\nA warm lunch will be provided. Please inform us of any 
 dietary upon registration. While we will do our best\, requests after this 
 date may not be accommodated.\n\nBring your own laptop. Laptops will not be 
 provided.\n\nParticipants will be eligible to win gift cards to Good 
 Minds.\n\nFinding the TMU School of Medicine \n\nThis event is hybrid. The 
 in-person event will take place in Room 117 and 118 at the School of 
 Medicine. The School of Medicine is located at 150 Central Park Dr\, 
 Brampton\, ON L6T 2T9. The zoom link will be emailed to you upon 
 registration.\n\nAccess to the library: Access to TMU buildings requires a 
 OneCard. Someone will be at the entrance to the TMU School of Medicine 
 until 12:15 pm to assist with wayfinding. The Library is located at 150 
 Central Park\, Brampton\, Ontario. If you arrive after 12:15 or have issues 
 with access\, contact the workshop facilitators via email.\n\nThe National 
 Indigenous History Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is sponsored by Wikimedia 
 Canada. \n\n
LOCATION:School of Medicine
ORGANIZER;CN="Fiona Kovacaj":MAILTO:fkovacaj@torontomu.ca
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CONTACT;CN="Fiona Kovacaj":MAILTO:fkovacaj@torontomu.ca
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