IMPORTANT DATES
The Events calendar can be seen at http://www.acswcccf.nb.ca/english/calendar.html
IMPORTANT DATES
O 1st week February
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
O February 12
Canadian Sexual and Reproductive Health Day
O February
Black History Month
O Week of March 8
International Women's Week
O March 8
International Women's Day
O March 21
N.B. Youth Day
O March 21
International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination (U.N.)
O March 21-28
Week of Solidarity withe the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
O April
Volunteer Recognition
O April 4
Refugee Rights Day in Canada, the day in 1985 when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled ("Singh decision") that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the right of refugee claimants in Canada to life, liberty and security of the person, and that claimants are entitled to an oral hearing. www.ccrweb.ca/RRDay.htm
O April 6
Unpaid Work Day (first Tuesday in April) (www.afeas.qc.ca)
O April 7
World Health Day
O April 15 World Social Work Day, International Federation of Social Workers.
O Mid-April
National Volunteer Week (Canada: April 17-23, 2005; April 23-29, 2006; April 15-21, 2007)
O April 17
Anniversary of N.B. women's right to vote (1919).The law was passed in the Legislature on April 15, 1919 and officially sanctioned April 17, 1919.
O April 17
Equality Day (anniversary of coming into force of article 15 of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1985)
O April 22
Earth Day
O 4th week April
Administrative Professionals Week
O April 28
National Day of Mourning for workers who died on job
O 1st Full Week May
Mental Health Week
O First week in May
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
O May 3
World Press Freedom Day
O Week preceding Mother's Day National Elizabeth Fry Week, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. The majority of women who are criminalized and imprisoned are mothers. Most of them were the sole supporters of their families.
O May 5 International Midwives Day
O May 12
International Nurses'Day
O May 12
Canada Health Day
O May 15
International Family Day (see October for Canada)
O 3rd week in May
Aboriginal Awareness Week
O 2nd Sunday May
Mother's Day
O May 17
National Day Against Homophobia, marking the day in 1990 that the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses
O 1st week June
National Access Awareness Week
O 1st week June
Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Week
O June 20 World Refugee Day, (United Nations High Commission for Refugees)
O June 21
National Aboriginal Day
O June 27
Canadian Multiculturalism Day
O August 9th
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
O August 12
International Youth Day
O 1st Monday of September
Labour Day
O September 8
International Literacy Day
O September 9
Fetal Alcohol Awareness Day in New Brunswick
O September 10
World Suicide Prevention Day (International Association for Suicide Prevention and World Health Organization)
O September 15
New Brunswick Human Rights Day.
O September 21 International Day of Peace (since 2002, by United Nations Resolution), a day for global ceasefire and non-violence. www.internationaldayofpeace.org
O September 21 United Nations day of International Peace (UN)
O September 28 International Right to Know Day www.righttoknow.ca
O 3rd week of September
Take Back the Night
O October
Women's History Month - http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/whm/index_e.html
O October
Breast Health Month
O October Community Inclusion Month (New Brunswick Association for Community Living)
O October GLBT History Month, introduced in 1994 in US, celebrated world-wide, coordinated by Equality Forum. www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2008/about.cfm
O October 1
United Nations International Day of the Older Person
O 1st week October
National Family Week (Canada)
World Breastfeeding Week (Canada)
O October 2 United Nations day of Nonviolence (UN)
O October 5 First Nations Women's Day - Canada
O October 15 World Rural Women's Day, (U.N.)
O October 15 - 21
YWCA Week Without Violence (third week of October)
O October 18
Persons Day (1929)
O October 24
Take Back Your Time Day, a U.S./Canadian initiative against overwork,(the number of days between Oct. 24 and Dec. 31 is the number of extra days of work of Americans compared to Western Europeans) www.timeday.org/.
O November
National Community Safety and Crime Prevention Campaign
November is Family Violence Prevention Month in New Brunswick, an initiative of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation. Visit the MMFF website for more information: www.mmff.ca
O Mid November Restorative Justice Week (Nov. 12 to 19 in 2006)
O November 16
International Day of Tolerance
O November 19
World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse, since 2000. An initiative of Women's World Summit Foundation www.woman.ch
O November 20
National Child Day (Canada)
O November 22 National Housing Day [Big City Mayor's Caucus of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)]
O November 25
International Day to End Violence Against Women
O November 25 to December 10
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
O December 2
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
O December 3
United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons
O December 5
International Volunteer Day (United Nations)
O December 6
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
O December 10
Human Rights Day (U.N.)
O December 17
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers - Sex Workers Outreach Project USA
Last date updated - 24/10/2008
http://www.acswcccf.nb.ca/english/calendar.html
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