Equity and Human Rights Calendar
January
19 – Martin Luther King Day
27 – Family Literacy Day
27 – International Day of Commemoration of Honour the Victims of the Holocaust
February
Black History Month
Third Monday * Family Day
14 – Pink Triangle Day
17 – Heritage Day
20 – World Day of Social Justice
March
8 – International Women’s Day
20 – International Francophone Day
21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 – World Water Day
April
7 – World Health Day
13 – Day of Pink, Anti-Bullying Day
22 – International Mother Earth Day
28 – National Day of Mourning
May
Sexual Abuse/Assault Prevention Month
1st Full week * North American Occupational Health and Safety Week
1st week * International Youth Week
1st Week * Nat’l Mental Health Week
After Victoria Day * Aboriginal Awareness Week
1 – May Day
3 – World Press Freedom Day
12 – Canada Health Day
15 – International Day of Families
17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
25 – National Missing Children’s Day
June
1st Week * Canadian Environment Week
1 – Injured Workers’ Day
5 – World Environment Day
20 – World Refugee Day
21 – National Aboriginal Day
26 – International Day of Support of Victims of Torture
27 – Canadian Multiculturalism Day
July
1 – Canada Day
18 – Nelson Mandela Int’l Day
August
9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
12 – International Youth Day
19 – World Humanitarian Day
September
1st Monday * Labour Day
8 – International Literacy Day
21 – International Day of Peace
23 – Bi Visibility Day
Last Sunday * Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day
October
Child Abuse Awareness Month
Women’s History Month
Healthy Workplace Month
1st week * Mental Illness Awareness Week
2nd Week * National Citizenship Week
2nd Week * National Family Week
3rd Week * Amnesty International Week
10 – World Mental Health Day
11 – National Coming Out Day
17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18 – National Persons Day
24 – United Nations Day and World Development Information Day
26 – Intersex Awareness Day
November
Woman Abuse Prevention Month (Ontario)
2nd Week * National Veterans’ Week
11 – Remembrance Day
16 – International Day of Tolerance
20 – Transgendered Day of Remembrance
20 – National Child’s Day
25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
25 Nov. to 6 Dec. – National White Ribbon Campaign (Men against Men’s Violence Against Women)
December
1 – World AIDS Day
2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 – International Day for Persons with Disabilities
6 – National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
10 – International Human Rights Day