Indigenous Writers Edit-a-thon

Event Date & Time

Event Description

In December 2015 Daniel Heath Justice (author of “Why Indigenous Literature Matters“) began a Twitter campaign to share the names of Indigenous writers. The reason for his efforts was to “…push back against the frequent assumptions that our literary history is any less complex, robust, or diverse than that of other peoples.”^[1]

To celebrate Open Education Week 2019,  the First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program, UBC Library, and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology are collaborating on an Indigenous Writers Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to improve the coverage of Indigenous writers on Wikipedia and to encourage diverse community editors to actively work to dissuade assumptions about Indigenous literature by raising their profile in this increasingly influential information source.

Event Details

• Event Date: Monday, March 4
• Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
• Location: First Nations Longhouse. UBC Vancouver is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.
• Cost: Free! There will be refreshments and door prizes!  
• Event information and registration:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver/Indigenous_Literature_2019

Preparing for the Event

No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers.

Please bring a laptop with you!

References

1. ^ Heath Justice, Daniel (2018). Why Indigenous Literature Matters. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfred Laurier University Press. p. 213.
2. ^ “Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds – Slashdot”. slashdot.org.