Wikipedia:Meetup/IndigenousFilmMediaArts

Virtual edit-a-thon associated with the course Resistance and Resurgence, the Vulnerable Media Lab, Archive/Counterarchive project focused on Indigenous peoples working in Canada in film, and media arts.

Event description
Participants will focus on creating and/or expanding Wikidata items as well as Wikipedia articles.

Event dates
The project will run from November 3rd until November 30th.

Virtual tutorials and editing dates
 * Wikidata tutorial session. Friday, Nov. 5th, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
 * Wikipedia tutorial session. Monday, Nov. 9th, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EST
 * Open co-editing time. Sunday, Nov. 15th, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST

Location: online. registration links TBD.

Resources and tutorials

 * Create a Wikipedia/Wikidata account.

Items and pages to create

 * Theola Ross, Pimichikamak Cree Nation, film director and writer
 * Michelle Derosier. Anishinaabe, Migisi Sahgaigan First Nation
 * Trevor Cameron, Métis, writer and director
 * Jessie Anthony, Haudenosaunee, director
 * Glenn Gear, Inuk, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist

Items and pages to improve and expand

 * Melaw_Nakehk'o (Wikipedia) Melaw_Nakehk'o (Wikidata)

Participants

 * Smallison (talk) 04:46, 4 November 2020 (UTC)