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Science Literacy Week Edit-a-Thon 2 locations!
When and Where
DateWednesday, September 21, 2016
Time2 pm - 5 pm
Concordia University LocationWebster Library, Room LB-322
McGill Library LocationResearch Commons Room A - Data Visualization lab Redpath Library, 3459 rue McTavish
File:Science Literacy Week - Women in science Wikipedia edit-a-thon.jpg

Join us at Concordia Library and McGill Library during Science Literacy Week on Wednesday September 21st, 2016. This inclusive, hands-on, drop-in event will show you how to create your own Wikipedia account and edit articles related to science, and more. The theme is Women in Science.

2016 is the Wikipedia Year of Science[1] an initiative to improve Wikipedia’s science coverage.

The drop-in event will take place at across two institutions in Montreal: Concordia University and McGill University Library.

Concordia University Library Event information[edit]

  • Date: Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 (and continuing through week of Sept 19-25)
  • Time: 2pm - 5pm
  • Location: Webster Library, LB-322
  • Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. Help will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers as needed throughout the event.
  • Twitter hashtags: #Scilit16 #womensciwiki #culibrary

Please bring a laptop with you! (or borrow one from the Circulation desk)

McGill University Library Event information[edit]

  • Date: Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
  • Time: 2pm - 5pm
  • Location: Research Commons Room A - Data Visualization lab Redpath Library, 3459 rue McTavish
  • Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. Workshop will open with a 30 minute tutorial and there will be individual help available as needed.
  • Twitter hashtags: #Scilit16 #womensciwiki

Please bring a laptop with you if you have one. A few loaners will be available as well.

Participants[edit]

  1. PGLib
  2. Librarianpam
  3. Viola-Ness (talk) 22:13, 8 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. MayMarian
  5. ka_lib
  6. Lizzybirch
  7. Broomgrass
  8. Vienna verde
  9. DR.DYD
  10. George Williams
  11. Yashastew

What can I work on?[edit]

The theme for this Edit-a-Thon is Women in Science based on the WikiProject: Women Scientists. There are a number of ways you can contribute to Wikipedia . You can create or enhance Wikipedia articles, add external links, verify and update citations, provide resources to help those writing articles, and assist with research.

Articles needing citation or authority control[edit]

Articles needing expansion, updating and/or cleanup[edit]

Articles needing categorization[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists/missing_articles

Articles needing creation[edit]

If you don't have time to create a full article make sure you mark it as a stub. You can also help out by categorizing existing stub articles

Concordia scientists[edit]

  • Catherine Mulligan (132 publications, cited by 4432 documents (Scopus))
  • Virginia Penhune (64 publications, cited by 3608 documents (Scopus))
  • TBD

McGill scientists[edit]

  • Annie Macleod - 1910: becomes the first woman to earn a McGill PhD - (Chemistry)

http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=142701&silo_library=GEN01

Born 1883 (LC Authority record) https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=Macleod,%20Annie%20Louise,%201883-&searchCode=NAME%2B&searchType=1&recCount=25

Canadian scientists[edit]

These female Canadian scientists have each been cited more than 1000 times and currently do not have a biography in Wikipedia.

Last name First name Affiliation Times cited Publications
Cook Deborah J. McMaster University 56917 731
Bombardier Claire J. Mount Sinai Hospital of University of Toronto 37577 369
Shepherd Frances A. (Broomgrass has a draft of this waiting for review!) The Ottawa Hospital 22962 470
Pritchard Kathleen Isabel Odette Cancer Centre 20519 366
Tetzlaff Jennifer Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 20116 36
Gladman Dafna D. University of Toronto 19058 768
Rommens Johanna M. University of Toronto 18937 148
Seymour Leslie Katie Institut national du cancer du Canada 12225 176
Rogaeva Ekaterina A. University of Toronto 10960 208
Beaton Dorcas Eleanor University of Toronto 10883 204
Gertsenstein Marina Mount Sinai Hospital of University of Toronto 10138 59
Hawkins Cynthia Elaine Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto 9524 210
Wood-Dauphinee Sharon Lee McGill University 9127 126
Kahn Susan R. Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital 8674 224
Frasure-Smith Nancy E. McGill University 7044 119
Thompson Wendy Grant University of Ottawa 6838 108
Shea Beverley J. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 6037 173
Lepage Leah Centre hospitalier pour enfants de l'est de l'Ontario 5534 7
Trudeau Maureen Elizabeth Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 5492 147
Diorio Josie C. Douglas Mental Health University Institute 5317 43
Olmsted Marion Patricia Atricia University of Toronto 4734 97
Morshead Cindi Marie University of Toronto 4552 76
McDonald Heather P. McMaster University 4417 36
O'Brien Mary Ann Thomson University of Toronto 4241 51
Malo Danielle McGill University 4050 109
Cervoni Nadia McGill University 4036 8
Yetisir Elizabeth University of Ottawa Heart Institute 3998 28
Byrne Barbara M. University of Ottawa 3894 52
Loo Vivian McGill University 3892 50
Berg Katherine Olga University of Toronto 3879 64
Phillips Natalie Anne Concordia University 3853 59
Rock Gail A. Canadian Apheresis Group 3535 410
Buchanan Janet A. Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto 3284 32
O'Brien Catherine Adell University of Toronto 3173 20
Craig Constance G. Aegera Oncology Inc. 2781 10
Tannenbaum Beth Marla Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 2766 14
Oxley Joanne E. University of Toronto 2755 22
Abramow-Newerly Wanda The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of University of Toronto 2733 14
Haley Susan McMaster University 2663 14
Rabi Doreen Marie University of Calgary 2324 58
Taylor-Vaisey Anne L. University of Ontario Institute of Technology 2202 35
MacKinnon Betsy A. Henderson Research Centre 2130 17
Dion Karen Kisiel University of Toronto 2062 30
Flintoft Virginia University of Toronto 1955 18
Poirier Louise P. Universite de Montreal 1878 23
Sam Justina University of Toronto 1789 10
Michaliszyn Eva McGill Cancer Centre 1781 6
Tsilfidis Catherine University of Ottawa 1770 50
Sasaki Aya University of Toronto 1665 9
Lariviere Line McGill University 1431 13
Orpana Heather M. University of Ottawa 1169 26
Haddad Elizabeth Western University 1164 5
Fitz-Gibbon Linda University of Toronto 1055 12

More notable female Canadian scientists[edit]

Name Wikipedia page Concordia? Quebec Field?
Baird, Patricia Y N Y Genetics
Berzowska, Joanna Y Y Y Engineering/Design
Brooks, Harriet Y N Y Nuclear Physics
Daou, Doris Y N Y Astronomy
Derick, Carrie Y N Y Genetics/Botany
Eaves, Connie Y N N Genetics
Elvin-Lewis, Memory Y N N Microbiology/Ethnobotany
Farrell, Leone N N N N Biochemistry
Hickson, Catherine Y N N Geology
Kallin, Catherine N N N Physics
Kelly, Shana O. Y N N Biochemistry
Kenney-Wallace, Geraldine A Y N N Chemistry/Physics
Keshet, Lean Y N N Mathematical Biology
McGill, Frances Gertrude Y N N Forensic Pathology
Mulligan, Catherine N Y Y Environmental Engineering
Nemer, Mona Y N Y Cardiovascular Science
Pielou, E.C. Y N N Statistical Ecology
Schoicet, Molly Y N N Biomedical Engineering
Scriver, Jessie Boyd N N Y Medicine
Sherwood Lollar, Barbara Y N N Geology
Simard, Susan Y N N Forest Ecology
Warburton, Dorothy Y N Y Genetics
Wilson, Alice Y N N Geologist
Wilson, Christine N N N Astronomy

Articles created/improved[edit]

List or Wikipedia articles attendees have worked to improve.

  1. Patricia Baird
  2. Frances Gertrude McGill
  3. Suzanne Simard
  4. Index of women scientists articles
  5. Geraldine Thomas
  6. Geraldine A. Kenney-Wallace
  7. Carrie Derick
  8. Joanna_Berzowska 
 

Resources for editing[edit]

Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published sources that have a neutral point of view

Baird, Patricia[edit]

Brooks, Harriet[edit]

Daou, Dorris[edit]

Derick, Carrie[edit]

Farrell, Leone N.[edit]

Hickson, Catherine[edit]

O'Kelley, Shana[edit]

McGill, Frances Gertrude[edit]

Pielou, E.C.[edit]

Shoichet, Molly[edit]

Scriver, Jesse Boyd[edit]

Sherwood Lollar, Barbara[edit]

Simard, Suzanne[edit]

Wilson, Alice[edit]


Canadian female scientists[edit]

Open Access (OA) resources[edit]

Women in STEM fields[edit]

Helpful Wikipedia tools[edit]


Tutorials on Wikipedia editing[edit]

Art+Feminism video tutorials[edit]

The Wikipedia Adventure[edit]

The Wikipedia Adventure Learn to edit Wikipedia in under an hour. Interactive, "Choose Your Own Adventure" style learning adventure.

Best Practices[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wikipedia Year of Science 2016". 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2016-06-30.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Women in Science.
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