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Contribution Month in Canada
Dates and Locations of Contribution Month Events in Canada for 2013

If your city isn't in the list, please join us on the talk page to see if anybody else is already discussing organizing one in your region, or volunteer to organize your own event (experienced Wikipedians can help you with that).

City Location Date Thematic Contact Link to the event page
QC Montreal Mile End Library
5434 Park Avenue (map)
April 6 — 1pm - 4:30pm Mile End neighborhood Nathalie Casemajor
Benoit Rochon
See discussion
Project page
ON Brampton Four Corners Library
2nd Floor - 65 Queen Street East (map)
April 8 — 4 pm - 5:30 pm, 2013 Brampton and Peel Region David Spencer See discussion
Beyond Our Classroom
ON Toronto The Academy of the Impossible
231 Wallace Avenue (map)
April 11 — 7pm - ... Toronto related articles JoshuaErrett See discussion
First Wikipedia Contribution Party
ON Ottawa Cafeteria at Canadian Museum of Nature
240 McLeod Street (map)
April 11 — 5pm - 8pm Canadian Museum of Nature Dmitri Lytov See discussion
ON Toronto Private April 17 — 2pm Writing - professional and academic rosw See discussion
QC Montréal Notman House, The home of the web in Montréal
51 Sherbrooke St. West (map)
April 24 — 3pm William Notman, Notman House, or any other subject related. Benoit Rochon See discussion
Project page
ON London London Public Library - Central Branch - The Literacy Lounge April 24 — 5:30pm - 8:30 pm Hemophilia and the contaminated blood tragedy Hemophilia Ontario

South Western Ontario Region
Mail: swor@hemophilia.on.ca

See discussion
ON London London Public Library - Central Branch - Third Floor Sitting Area Saturday April 27 - 11:00am - 5 pm London and related pages London Public Library

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QC Montreal Botanical Garden Library
Private event
April 27 — 1pm Jardin botanique de Montréal Benoit Rochon Articles to create or improve
QC Quebec City Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy, salle Gérard-Martin April 27 — 1pm - 4pm Québec City and surrounding projects Letartean See discussion
NB Fredericton To be confirmed; perhaps the Fredericton Public Library To be confirmed Anything related to Fredericton or New Brunswick: communities, historic events Vpescanlar See discussion
BC Vancouver


Want to add your city in this list? Nothing is easier!

  1. Start a discussion on the page in English and/or in French, you can find help and potential participants.
  2. Find a room with free Wi-Fi. Libraries / universities gives free access to working rooms and documentation is accessible.
  3. Find a topic or theme that participants can choose articles to create or improve. See the example of Mile-End.
  4. Add your event to the list above. From the end of March, the organizers will launch a national advertising campaign that will invite contributors to join one of the events (or start a new one).

Any questions? Visit the FAQ or the talk page.