Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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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.

EVENT OVERVIEW:

• 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 members 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. No previous Wikipedia experience? Beginners are welcome!

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.