March 31st, Transgender Day of Visibility, is an annual event occurring on March 31 to celebrate transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide, as well as a celebration of their contributions to society. www.tdov.org
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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 the Sikh articles of faith. https://www.worldsikh.org/
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April 4th is the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1985 Singh decision. In this decision the Supreme Court found that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the fundamental rights of refugees. The Court decided that ‘everyone’ includes refugee claimants in the sentence: ‘Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the […]
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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 the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. https://www.cba.org/For-The-Public/Law-Day
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April 22nd, Earth Day, marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. www.earthday.ca
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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 the Day. https://www.whsc.on.ca/Events/Day-of-Mourning
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May is Asian Heritage Month, a time to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of Asian people and communities in Canada. https://ccncsj.ca/
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 many countries across the world but not in Canada - yet. www.canadianlabour.ca
From law, to politics, to culture, to sports, this important initiative celebrates the contributions Jewish Canadians have been making to this country for 250 years. jewishheritage.ca