Submissions:2023/100 ans de données météorologiques d’Environnement et Changement climatique Canada dans Commons

This submission has been accepted for WikiConference North America 2023.

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Title:

100 ans de données météorologiques d’Environnement et Changement climatique Canada dans Commons

Theme:

Open Data, Research / Science / Medicine

Type of session:

Keynote

Abstract:

In 2019, Wikimedia Canada (WMCA) undertook an ambitious project in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change: importing a century's worth of weather data into Wikimedia Commons. Until now, the data had only been available upon request to the Ministry. This massive dataset was collected by more than 8,700 weather stations across Canada over a 100-year period. This is the first time that such a large dataset has been uploaded to Commons. A wide range of information has been collected: maximum and minimum temperatures, rainfall, snowfall on the ground in centimeters... More than 28 types of data total. The project has multiple goals: to make the data accessible to all, to encourage the reuse of this data in wiki templates, to offer a joint dataset for people from different organizations, and, who knows, perhaps to encourage other governments to do similar projects. This project was led by Ha-Loan Phan (Wikimedia Canada), Pierre Choffet (Wikimedia Canada), Miguel Tremblay (Environment and Climate Change Canada).

Article on the WMCA website: https://www.wikimedia.ca/2021/05/31/100-years-of-environment-and-climate-change-canada-weather-data-in-commons/ Meta-Wiki page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projet_ECCC,_100_ans_de_donn%C3%A9es_m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orologiques_en_acc%C3%A8s_libre/en

Author name:

Sophie (WMCA)

E-mail address:

svaladegmail.com

Wikimedia username:

SophieWMCA

Affiliated organization(s):

Wikimedia Canada

Estimated time:

Up to an hour

Special requests:

Can present 2 sessions: in English and French

Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:

Might be presented at the WikiConvention Francophone in Abidjan -- September 2023 // présentation scientifique au 55e congrès de la Société canadienne de météorologie et d’océanographie, le 1er juin 2021

Okay to livestream?

Livestreaming is okay

If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)

yes