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Schedule
August 9 - Wednesday - Culture Crawl, Scan-a-thon, and Reception
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Registration in Sheraton Lobby starting at 8:00 AM
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Welcome Session, 9:00 - 9:30 AM in Sheraton Lobby
Meet in the lobby of Le Centre Sheraton for a welcome, housekeeping, and handouts. Groups can meet here to depart to tours, the BAnQ, and photo sessions.
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McGill University
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BAnQ Vieux-Montreal
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Other
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- All Day: Free admission at the Redpath Museum
- 10:00 - 10:45 AM: Tour Visit with materials from McGill University Archives Rare Books and Special Collections (4th floor of the McLennan Library Building)
- 11:00 - 11:45 AM: Tour Tour of the exhibition "Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge" and the Canadian Architecture Collection (meet in the Lobby of McLennan Library Building)
- 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Tour Tour of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine with Chris Lyons (meet in the lobby of McLennan Library Building and walk up together. Tour at 12:15pm)
- 12:00 - 1:30 PM: Photo walk from McGill's Mclennan Library to the BAnQ-Vieux.
- 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM: Edit-a-thon Contribute to articles using McGill's collections in their Data Visualization Room. This includes access to their electronic subscription resources; see event page for more details. The Visualization Room will remain open through 5 if you would like to continue working after the edit-a-thon.
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- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Scan-a-thon with the BAnQ-Vieux Archives
- 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Open rooms and Unconference (Room 2.28 & Auditorium)
- 12:00 - 5:00 PM: Edit-a-thon Canadian Women; see event page for more details. (Jodoin East & West)
- 5:00 - 6:00 PM: Tour of the BAnQ-Vieux
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- All Day: Photo Drive - Take photos of your experiences, buildings, artifacts, and more throughout the day for the Commons.
- 5:00 PM & Later: McCord Museum has free access to its permanent exhibition.
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Social and Networking Night, starting at 6:00 PM in Old Montreal
After a long day of activities, enjoy the night out in Old Montreal with your fellow Wikimedians. We have the top floor of Les 3 Brasseurs (105 Rue Saint Paul Est) reserved for drinks and socializing; there are plenty of other drink and food places in the area, as well as the Cité Mémoire digital display to see.
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August 10 - Thursday - Programming
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Registration in Sheraton Lobby
8:00 AM
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Meet in the lobby of Le Centre Sheraton to sign in if you did not already on Wednesday.
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Opening Session
9:00 - 10:30 AM
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Meet us in Salon Jarry, Level A
Introduction & Keynote Addresses
- Sherry and Alice, AfroCROWD
- Ivan and Salvador, Wikimedia México
- Ivan and Salvador share Wikimedia México's activities.
- Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Women in Red
- Rosie shares the Gender Diversity Mapping project.
- Benoit Rochon, Wikimedia Canada
- Benoit shares Wikimedia Canada's activities and First Nations project.
Keynote All Hands
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Break
10:30 - 11:00 AM
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Catch a break and mingle with other Wikimedians.
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Track 1 (Jarry, Level A) Panels & Discussion
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Track 2 (Hermon, Level A) Tutorials
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Track 3 (Salon 5, Level 2) Unconference
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Session 1
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Education Community
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Wikidata
- Wikidata Hands-on Tutorial -
SPARQL, VizQuery, Games & Tools
(1.5 hours) - For beginners and experienced users
alike. Slides:
[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LapZ57Tim3K0SsDstLjykET9ffVE96rwUu44Bbwx-MM/edit?usp=sharing
On Google Slides] Handout:
Wikidata One Pager
- Wikidata in use Guest: SOAP- Sum of all paintings (Maarten Dammers)
- Wikidata in use Guest: Wikidata team (Léa Lacroix)
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- Roundtable/facilitated discussion - Innovating edit-a-thons and meetups
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Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 PM
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Lunch provided by Wikimania at the Sheraton for registered attendees.
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Session 2
1:30 - 3:30 PM
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Tech Community
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Tech Tools Wikidata
Cool Tools for Mass Contributions (1 hour)
- Wikidata - Quickstatements, Google Spreadsheets Wikipedia Tools, Open Refine, Wikidata Game
- Wikidata in use Guest: Structured Data on Commons (Sandra Fauconnier and/or Amanda Bittaker)
- Wikidata in use Guest: Quickstatements and Libraries (Rob Fernandez, User: Gamaliel)
- Commons in use Guest: Pattypan (Paweł Marynowski, User:Yarl)
- ORES, revision scorting & Outreach Dashboard
- Wikidata+Wikipedia integration (Infoboxes!) (30 minutes)
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Break
3:30 - 4:00 PM
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Catch a break and mingle with other Wikimedians.
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Session 3
4:00 - 4:50 PM
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Education
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- Lightning Talks
Share a story, project, idea - present on whatever you want! Max 5 minutes each
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Conclusion & Group Photo
5:15 - 6:00 PM
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Join us for a sharing session and conclusion, followed by a group photo. This is a chance to share final thoughts and share what was accomplished during the unconference.
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Evening Reception
7:00 - 9:00 PM
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Welcome reception/dinner at Sheraton Hotel for all registered Wikimedia attendees, 7-9 PM
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