Building Expertise, Sharing Knowledge: How Cinema and Media Studies students are improving Wikipedia Date & Time Nov 12, 2025 01:00 PM EST Description What’s a Wikipedia assignment, and how do faculty incorporate this high-impact project into their Cinema and Media Studies classes? Join us online on November 12 to hear from three professors who have adopted this public-facing coursework into their teaching! Wednesday, November 12, 2025 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern Featured Speakers: * Magdalena Olszanowski, Concordia University * Laura Horak, Carleton University * Charisse L’Pree, Syracuse University * Helaine Blumenthal, Wiki Education Session highlights: * Hear faculty reflections on student learning outcomes, best practices, and why they recommend the assignment to others. * Explore how Wikipedia coursework motivates students by empowering them to become knowledge producers, not just consumers. * Learn about nonprofit Wiki Education’s free digital support for your own Wikipedia assignment, including custom course plans, training modules, tools that track student work, subject-specific resources, and staff support. Wiki Education has supported thousands of courses at more than 800 institutions across the U.S. and Canada, empowering over 145,000 students to add more than 100 million words to Wikipedia. Collectively, their work has been viewed billions of times. Join us on November 12 to learn how you and your students can be part of this impact with your own Wikipedia assignment! This program is co-sponsored by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Asian/Pacific American Caucus and the Gender and Feminisms Caucus. <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TgsvxBw2St2T9EEdFOWNdA#/registration> Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Building Expertise, Sharing Knowledge: How Cinema and Media Studies students are improving Wikipedia. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TgsvxBw2St2T9EEdFOWNdA#/registration> us02web.zoom.us<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TgsvxBw2St2T9EEdFOWNdA#/registration> [zoom.ico]<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TgsvxBw2St2T9EEdFOWNdA#/registration> Magdalena Olszanowski, Ph.D. (she/her/they/them) Part-Time Faculty, Communication Studies, Concordia University Faculty, Cinema & Communication, Dawson College Faculty Advisor, Subtext Journal *Please know that I honour & respect boundaries around personal time, well-being, caretaking, and time off. Should you receive emails from me during a time that you’re engaging in any of the above, please protect your time and wait to respond until you’re working. Prioritize joy, not email, when and where you can. I acknowledge that Montreal is located on unceded Indigenous lands. The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation is recognized as the custodians of the lands and waters on which we gather today. Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community.