Information (and) Justice: How Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation shape Knowledge Equity
Wiki Week Events
September 15, 2025
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
Cardinal Room, Student Center East
Calendar
Download iCal FileWikipedia is everywhere, but it's likely you don’t know anything about it, how it runs, or what it really does. Listen to brief speakers from the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wiki Education Foundation about how they are battling legal challenges around the world, influencing information policy, combating disinformation, combating systemic bias, increasing representation, and highlighting opportunities and challenges for researchers and instructors.
Host: Zachary McDowell, Associate Professor, Department of Communication
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Date posted
Aug 25, 2025
Date updated
Aug 25, 2025
Speakers
Host: Zachary McDowell | Associate Professor | Department of Communication
Costanza Sciubba Caniglia | Anti-Disinformation Strategy Lead | Wikimedia Foundation
Stan Adams | Lead Public Policy Specialist | Wikimedia Foundation