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Rungh Wikipedia Scholars
Since its relaunch in 2017, Rungh has been committed to generating IBPOC creative knowledge and networks. As a part of that journey, Rungh partnered with the Surrey Art Gallery and Centre A Gallery to host Wikipedia focussed events in 2019. Since those initial events, Rungh has developed, launched and expanded Canada’s first Wikipedia scholarship program, Rungh Wikipedia Scholars, starting in 2024. Each scholar is selected by a partnership organization. Rungh then hosts each annual scholarship cohort as they learn, conduct research, make public presentations, and publish their scholarship on the Rungh platform.
Our partner institutions include: Wikimedia Canada, Art+Feminism, the University of British Columbia’s Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies(UBC-ACAM) program; Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (SFU-CCMS); Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU); and The Black Arts Centre (BLAC).
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Notability: Contemporary Canadian South Asian Cultural Histories and NotationsBy Zool Suleman
Centre A Writers Workshop 2024
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Amy Leung (she/her) is a second-generation settler of Chinese and Japanese descent, currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Geography at the University of British Columbia.
Jordan Redekop-Jones is a writer who is very interested in how multiraciality is portrayed in art, especially as it pertains to less represented mixed ancestries like her own.
Kai Barcellos-Luna is a Brazilian writer with a Library Sciences bachelor, currently majoring in Creative Writing and minoring in English and Indigenous Community Justice at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Kikachi Memeh is a Vancouver-based Nigerian writer, journalist, and interdisciplinary producer.
Lauren Han is an interdisciplinary artist and writer born on Treaty 7 territory in Mohkinstsis/Calgary and currently based in Vancouver on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
Lauren Maharaj (she/her) is a student, legal professional and second-generation South Asian Caribbean immigrant dedicated to fostering a more inclusive legal system for trans, non-binary and racialized communities in Canada.
As a local graphic designer, Shafira produces poster, typographic, and music artworks for artists, non-profit, community, and grassroots cultural productions including New Forms Festival, Acceleration Radio, TAKEOVER Skateboarding, and the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP).
