Rungh Wikipedia Scholarship Program 2026
Design by Simone Wharton
New Rungh Magazine: Wikipedia ‘Special Issue’, Volume 12, Number 4
Rungh’s Wikipedia Scholarship is Canada’s leading scholarship program focussed on Indigenous, Black and racialized artists and communities (IBPOC). Growing out of an annual set of Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon events hosted by the Surrey Art Gallery and Centre A Gallery (2019–2025) in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Rungh Wikipedia Scholarship was created and launched by Rungh in 2024. 2026 marks its third year.
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), scholars are selected by the referring partner and then hosted by Rungh over a 6-month virtual residency. Scholars are encouraged to focus their research on Canadian, IBPOC identified creators, communities and arts movements. Skills workshops, “draft” Wikipedia entries, archival research, and reflective writing are a part of the residency process of learning and sharing.
2025 Rungh Wikipedia Scholars. Photo: Zool Suleman
The 2025 scholars were: Amy Leung, Jordan Redekop-Jones, Kai Barcellos Luna, Kikachi Memeh, Lauren Han, Lauren Maharaj, and Shafira Vidyamaharani. In 2024, the scholars were: Siima Itabaaza, Bo Bae Lee, Eliana McFarlane, Mila Natash Mendez, Jennifer Multani and Aneil Sidhu.
The Rungh Wikimedia Scholarship is a part of Rungh’s “long arc” approach which views the archive as a site for creation. Initiatives like Recollective: Vancouver Independent Archives Week, Longing and Belonging: 1990s South Asian Film and Video, Komagata Maru: Pasts, Presents, Futures, the award winning Rungh Redux digital archive and the Archive Creation Residency, showcase Rungh’s commitment, since 1992, to Indigenous, Black and racialized artists and archives in Canada.
In 2026 and 2027, Rungh is seeking Wikipedia partnerships across Canada with artist collectives, artist run centres, exhibition galleries/spaces, universities/colleges/art schools, and archives. Contact Rungh for further information.
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