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Sue Gardner
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Canadian journalist and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
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Sue Gardner is a Canadian journalist, writer, businessperson, and manager. Born in Bridgetown in 1967, she is a female human who speaks and writes in English. Her native language is English, and she is also known by the name Sue Gardner in her native tongue.
Gardner has been employed by the Wikimedia Foundation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and The Tor Project, Inc. She has held the position of trustee and was educated at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her residence includes San Francisco and Port Hope.
As an author, she has produced 29 works. Her notable publications include Embroidered christening gowns, A-Z of Thread Painting, World's Most Beautiful Embroidered Blankets, A-Z of Knitting, and Old Stories from Warwick's Past. She has participated in Wikimania 2010, Wikimania 2013, and Wikimania 2014.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Embroidered christening gowns
- A-Z of Thread Painting
- World's Most Beautiful Embroidered Blankets
- A-Z of Knitting
- Old Stories from Warwick's Past
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gardner
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Bridgetown
- Occupation
- manager
- Position held
- trustee
- Educated at
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Wikimania 2014
- Official website
- www.suegardner.org
- Image
- Jay-dixit jay-dixit-photos wikimedia-2024 7709.jpg
- Residence
- Port Hope
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- Sue Gardner
- date of birth
- 1967-05-11
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- Sue Gardner
- name in native language
- Sue Gardner
- social media followers
- 7476
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Encyclopedic overview
Sue Gardner (born May 11, 1967) is a Canadian journalist, not-for-profit executive and business executive. She was the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation from December 2007 until May 2014, and before that was the director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's website and online news outlets.
In 2012, Gardner was ranked as the 70th-most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. In 2013, she joined the board of Global Voices. In May 2015, the Tor Project announced that Gardner would be assisting with the development of their long-term organizational strategy. In 2018, she was announced as executive director of The Markup. Gardner left this position in May 2019.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sue Gardner” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.