July 11-13, 2024 in Ottawa, ON Canada
From the Organizers
WordCamp Canada is coming! Mark your calendars for July 11-13, 2024, including contributor day on July 11!
We are looking for volunteers and sponsors, so, let us know if your interested.
We are looking for organizers of the WordCamps (Past and Future) all across the country to help us organize, reach out to one of us ASAP, Eh!
News
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Continuing the Indigenous conversation
We hope that, through this WordCamp, we may encourage important conversations within the WordPress community about the value of Indigenous perspectives and that result in practical initiatives to support Indigenous communities in engaging with WordPress.(from our Opening words and Land Acknowledgement) When we made a commitment to Indigenous representation and perspectives in our vision statement…
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Round up of WC-EH posts
It has been great to see lots of positive posts and articles from attendees and speakers about WordCamp Canada 2024. Thank you all for your kind words and for taking the time and effort to post about your experiences. Here are the ones we’ve found so far – please do send us a link to…
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Indigenous Links
As I worked on trying to create a basis for starting a conversation about Indigenous perspectives and engagement at WC-EH, I added to the resources I had already gathered together in the fifteen years since we emigrated from the UK to Canada. I was genuinely moved by the response to our efforts to put Indigenous…
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A bit more about Land Acknowledgements
Both before and during WordCamp Canada we received questions about Land Acknowledgement. So we thought it might be helpful to provide a bit more information for those who are interested. What is a Land Acknowledgement? “A land acknowledgement or territorial acknowledgement is a formal statement that acknowledges the original Indigenous Peoples of the land, spoken…
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Wondering about the Canoe we have on stage?
The Canoe we are honoured to have on stage is a 1958 16-foot Chestnut Indian Maiden. It is borrowed from James Raffen, author, filmmaker, teacher, and one of Canada’s greatest explorers. An ardent canoeist, James notes the importance of recognizing that we are not all in the same canoe, but we are all in the…
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Welcome!
Opening Words and Land Acknowledgement WordCamp Canada acknowledges that Ottawa, as it is called now, is built on un-ceded and un-surrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. The Peoples of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation have lived on this territory for millennia. Their culture and presence have nurtured and continue to nurture this Land. We honour the Peoples of…