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Canada Project
NEWSLETTER
December 2020
YEAR IN REVIEW
A Message from the Project’s Leaders
First, we would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the Project’s growth and development over the past year. It is dedicated members like you that keep the project moving forward. It is noticed and appreciated.
With December comes Christmas (Hanukkah/Kwanza) and family celebrations but it seems this year will be different for many of us. We wish each and every one of you the best holiday season possible, and look forward to a better 2021! Be safe, stay healthy, and find creative ways to make the holidays as special as they can be.
~ Dave, Amy and Doug
Team Updates
Our future newsletters will contain updates or summaries of our Geographic Teams' current activities.
Western Canada: The British Columbia Team has been working away at various projects. We do a lot of sourcing of unsourced profiles and have made real progress on the numbers. We do this by identifying and tagging unsourced profiles then getting them sourced (or at least try). This is a real team effort! A couple of us have been improving and adding to the BC Notables profiles while others are working on a couple of cemetery projects. We have also begun work on profiles for a mining disaster (via the Disaster project) and we continue to improve the profiles of those who fought in the First World War. There is more as each team member works away at projects that interest them. Together this work helps us to paint the picture of the people who lived in this part of the world!
Atlantic Canada: Atlantic Canada currently has 49 members who are focused on an average of 1.5 provinces each, and 1 member belongs to all 4 provincial teams.
Data doctors report 17,000 profiles in Prince Edward Island with 1.8% unsourced. Newfoundland has about 43,000 profiles, with about 6% unsourced. New Brunswick has 102,000 profiles, about 3% unsourced. Nova Scotia shows nearly 110,000 profiles, 3.2% still unsourced.
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Managed Profiles Team:
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To be considered for inclusion in the project, an individual should have played an important role in the creation and evolution of Canada, had a significant impact on Canadian life or whose names have become synonymous with Canada. These include not only individuals like the Prime Ministers, Provincial Governors and Fathers of Confederation, but also other notable individuals whose names have become synonymous with Canada. Others will be considered on a case by case basis. Resources that we use include Wikipedia, Dictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada and The Canadian Encyclopedia
If you have suggestions for other profiles that should be managed, please enter the suggestions on the form at: Canadian Managed Profiles Suggestions Form
In each newsletter, issued quarterly, we’ll be providing updates on what each team is currently working on. If you are interested in contributing to these updates, please let your Team Leader know.
New for 2021!
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The Canada Project is introducing a Quarterly Newsletter (Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec) beginning December 2020, with this Year in Review issue. If you are interested in contributing to the Newsletter, please let your Team Leader know. A newsletter committee will be established and will meet on Discord.
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There is a new Canada Project Discord server for anyone interested in joining discussions there. Discord is not an official channel for WikiTree activity. Instead, it provides us with an alternative platform for discussing research, for Team coordination, and discussion of new ideas. All official discussion and announcements will continue to be done via the Google Group. If you would like to join the Discord server, please let your Team Leader know.
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The Canada Project will be introducing the Trans-Canada Orphan Trail in January, to support the Year of Accuracy initiative on WikiTree. Using orphaned profiles that need some attention, new members (and existing members if you’re interested) will work through the program focusing on improving their skills, where to find reliable sources, and learning about Canadian history and geography. No launch date has been set yet. It is not required for existing project members, but is encouraged. If you are interested in taking the Trail or becoming a Guide, please let one of the Project Leaders know.
Did You Know?
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The population of Canada in 1867 was approximately 3.4 million people. The country consisted of Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 100 years later, the population was approximately 20.4 million people in ten provinces and two territories. Today, in the ten provinces and three territories there are an estimated 37.7 million people living in Canada.
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