Please click the "Documents" tab above for a poster outlining the dates listed below.
September
Labour Day first Monday
8 – World Literacy Day
15 - International Day of Democracy
21 - International Day of Peace
22 – International Car Free Day
30 – Orange Shirt Day
October
Healthy Workplace Month
Women’s History Month
International Walk to School Month
4 – Missing and Murder Indigenous Women and Girls Recognition day
5 – World Teachers’ Day
7 - World Day for Decent Work
10 - World Mental Health Day
11 – International Day of the Girl
Third week of October – Waste Reduction Week
17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18 - Persons Day
21 - Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educators Appreciation Day
November
Treaties Recognition Week (first week)
11 – Remembrance Day
16 - Louis Riel Day
20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance
25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Last Friday – Buy Nothing Day
December
1 - World AIDS Day
3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
5 – International Volunteer Day
6 - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
10 - Human Rights Day
18 - International Migrants Day
January
17 – Martin Luther King Day
24 - International Day of Education
27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 – Family Literacy Day
29 – National Day of Remembrance & Action on Islamophobia
February
Black History Month
11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
20 – World Day of Social Justice
28 – Repetitive Strain Injury Day
March
8 – International Women’s Day
20 – International Francophonie Day
20 – International Day of Happiness
21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 – World Down Syndrome Day
22 – World Water Day
25 – International Day of the Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery
26 – Earth Hour
31 – International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
2 – World Autism Awareness day
7 – World Health Day
13 – International Day of Pink
22 – Earth Day
28 – National Day of Mourning for Injured Workers
28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
May
Asian and South Asian Heritage Month
Jewish Heritage Month
Sexual Assault Prevention Month
Composite Awareness is first week
1– May Day – International Workers Day
3 – World Press Freedom Day
2 – 6 Education Week
2 – 6 Canadian Mental Health Week
4 – Educational Support Staff Appreciation Day (first Wednesday)
5 – National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls
10 – Bear Witness Day (Recognizing Jordan’s Principle)
16 – World Education Support Personnel Day
17 – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
20 – World Bee Day
June
Indigenous History Month
PRIDE month
1 – Injured Workers’ Day
5 – World Environment Day
8 – World Oceans Day
12 – World Day Against Child Labour
20 – World Refugee Day
21 – National Indigenous Day
23 – United Nations Public Service Day
July
4 - National Injury Prevention Day
15 – World Youth Skills Day
18 - Nelson Mandela International Day
August
1- Emancipation Day
9 - International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12 - International Youth Day
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