Join us at Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Black Health Edition to celebrate Black History Month with the U of T Libraries! The goal of this Edit-a-thon is to create and update Wikipedia pages for individuals in health sciences belonging to the Black community, in order to highlight their scientific research, role in health policy, and/or science communication, as well as focusing on underrepresented topics in Black Health.

(No previous Wikipedia editing experience? Beginners are welcome!)

Food, snacks, and refreshments will be served.

Gerstein Science Information Centre, 9 King's College Circle

Alice Moulton Room & Instruction Lab, 2nd flr

University of Toronto Libraries, St. George Campus

SIGN UP - SPOTS ARE LIMITED!  Visit the registration page

EVENT OVERVIEW:

• 4:45 pm - Doors open
• 5:00 – 5:30 pm - Greetings by Dr. Roberta Timothy, Amal Hussien, Vincci Lui (Alice Moulton Room - 2nd flr)
• 5:30-6:15 - Part A: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 101 (Instruction Lab/Alice Moulton Room - 2nd flr)
• 6:15-7:30pm - Part B: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Open editing session (Instruction Lab/Alice Moulton Room - 2nd flr)

Our event will kick off with greetings from Dr. Roberta Timothy (Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Black Health Lead & Program Director of the first Master of Public Health in Black Health), Amal Hussien (Librarian, U of T Libraries) and Vincci Lui (Librarian, U of T Libraries), and the launch of a new Black Health & Pedagogy Research Guide.

We’ll then teach you how to edit Wikipedia in a short crash course and invite you to edit Wikipedia together in an open editing session.

We will provide a list of Wikipedia pages with a focus on topics and individuals in Black Health (as Wikipedia’s racial bias and racism is well-documented), but we welcome all edit-a-thon attendees to create and/or update any page they are interested in.

All students/staff/faculty/alumni of the University of Toronto community, as well as from Toronto Metropolitan University, and York University are invited to join.

You’re welcome to bring your own laptop, but a limited number of computers will also be available.

This event is brought to you by the U of T Libraries and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (MPH in Black Health). It is part of the larger Black Histories Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2025 series organized by library staff and students at Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto Public Library, University of Toronto and York University.