Copyright © 2026 Jean-Michel Lapointe and Marie D. Martel

Published by AU Press, Athabasca University

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Originally published in French as Le mouvement Wikimédia au Canada: communautés, institutions et culture libre (Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2025)

Translation by George Tombs

https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771994521.01

Cover design by Will Brown

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: The Wikimedia movement in Canada : communities, institutions, and open culture / edited by Jean-Michel Lapointe and Marie D. Martel.

Other titles: Mouvement Wikimédia au Canada. English

Names: Lapointe, Jean-Michel, editor. | Martel, Marie D., editor

Description: Translation of: Le mouvement Wikimédia au Canada: communautés, institutions et culture libre. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20250324954 | Canadiana (ebook) 20250325047 | ISBN 9781771994521 (softcover) | ISBN 9781771994538 (PDF) | ISBN 9781771994545 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: Electronic encyclopedias—Canada. | LCSH: Online databases—Canada. | LCSH: Access to knowledge movement—Canada. | LCSH: Wikipedia. | LCSH: Wikidata.

Classification: LCC Z674.75.W55 M6813 2026 | DDC 030.971—dc23

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for our publishing activities and the assistance provided by the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund.

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