Rungh Wikipedia Scholarship Program 2026
Scholars selected by partner organizations will participate in a 6-month virtual residency focused on researching and creating Wikipedia entries about Canadian IBPOC artists, communities, and arts movements.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- deadline unknown, verify at source
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- 6-month virtual residency with skills workshops, archival research support, and publication of Wikipedia entries
- Location
- Online · organized from Online; virtual residency
About
Overview
Rungh's Wikipedia Scholarship is Canada's leading scholarship program focused on Indigenous, Black and racialized artists and communities (IBPOC). Growing out of annual Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon events hosted by the Surrey Art Gallery and Centre A Gallery (2019–2025) in Vancouver, British Columbia, the program was created and launched by Rungh in 2024. 2026 marks its third year.
Program Format
Scholars are selected by referring partner organizations and then hosted by Rungh over a 6-month virtual residency. Skills workshops, "draft" Wikipedia entries, archival research, and reflective writing are part of the residency process of learning and sharing.
Focus
Scholars are encouraged to focus their research on Canadian, IBPOC identified creators, communities and arts movements.
Partners
In partnership with Wikimedia Canada, Art + Feminism, the University of British Columbia's Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program (UBC-ACAM), Simon Fraser University's Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (SFU-CCMS), Kwantlen Polytechnical University (KPU), and The Black Arts Centre (BAC).
Eligibility
Indigenous, Black and racialized artists and communities (IBPOC); scholars are nominated and selected by partner organizations.
Contact
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: rungh.org
- X/Twitter: @RunghCulture
- Instagram: @rungh.means.colour
- Facebook: @RunghMeansColour
- Award
- 6-month virtual residency with skills workshops, archival research support, and publication of Wikipedia entries
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- The scholarship supports research and writing about Canadian Indigenous, Black and racialized artists, communities, and arts movements for Wikipedia documentation and archival preservation.
- Eligibility
- Indigenous, Black and racialized artists and communities (IBPOC); scholars are nominated and selected by partner organizations.
- Audience
- Indigenous, Black and racialized artists and researchers
- Contact
- [email protected]
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