March 21st, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. On this day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, […]
April is Sikh Heritage Month in Ontario. Sikh Canadians have made significant contributions to our society. In April, Sikh Canadians celebrate Vaisakhi, which marks the creation of the Khalsa and […]
April 17th, National Law Day, marks the day in 1982 when Queen Elizabeth II and then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau signed the Constitution Proclamation, bringing the Constitution home and enacting […]
April 22nd, Earth Day, marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. www.earthday.ca
April 28th, National Day of Mourning recognizes workers injured or killed on the job. The Canadian Labour Congress first declared the Day in 1984. More than 100 countries now observe […]
May 1st, May Day, International Workers Day commemorates the struggles of workers around the world through the labour movements. The first of May is a national, public holiday in […]
May is Asian Heritage Month, a time to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of Asian people and communities in Canada. https://ccncsj.ca/
Red Dress Day, observed each year on May 5 in Canada, is the National Day of Awareness for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people (MMIWG2S). It honours […]
June is Seniors’ Month month in Ontario. It is a time when we recognize the contributions that older adults have made in communities across our province. www.ontario.ca/seniors
June 1st, Injured Workers Day, we pay respect to the hundreds of workers who have died or become injured on the job. https://injuredworkersonline.org
