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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for Indigenous History Month

Date:
Time:
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Location:
Killam Library, 6225 University Ave, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Link:
https://dal.libcal.com/calendar/events/nihm-editathon-2026
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Community event

Presented in partnership with the Master of Information Program & Department of Information Science at Dalhousie.

Dalhousie Libraries is hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in the Ko’jua Okuom on Wednesday, June 3, for National Indigenous History Month!

An edit-a-thon is an event where editors and users edit and improve a specific topic or type of content. There will be a pre-selected range of biographies, books, and events to add.

Focus: Mi’kmaw history, organizations, notable individuals, underrepresented articles

Theme: Arts and culture (local artists, authors, filmmakers, musicians, etc.)

Where: In the Ko’jua Okuom at the Killam Library (6225 University Avenue)

When: 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Instruction: Stacy Allison-Cassin will lead an instruction session from 12:00 -12:45 p.m.

You are welcome to stay and participate in the entire day or come and go as you are available.

Bring your laptop! Refreshments will be provided.

Please register: https://bit.ly/nihm-editathon-2026

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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, writing for young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

Occasionally, WFNS uses the phrase “emerging and established writers/authors” to mean ‘writers and authors of all experience levels.’

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with info, strategies, and skills that suit their experience. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If uncertain about your experience level with respect to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca