Special Awareness Months and Dates
Awareness Months
February Black History Month (National)
April Child Abuse Prevention Month (National)
Autism Awareness Month (International)
May Asian Heritage Month (National)
Hearing Awareness Month (National)
October Mi'kmaq History Month (Nova Scotia)
Women's History Month (National)
Awareness Weeks
Feb. 1st Week White Cane Week (National)
May 1st Week National Mental Health Week
May 3rd Week Aboriginal Awareness Week (National)
June 1st Week National Access Awareness Week
Awareness Days
Jan. 4 World Braille Day (International)
Feb. 17 Heritage Day (National)
March 8 International Women's Day
United Nations Day for Women's Rights
March 21 International Day for Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (U.N.)
May 17 National Day Against Homophobia
June 21 National Aboriginal Day
June 27 Canadian Multicultural Day
July 1 Canada Day
Aug. 12 International Youth Day (U.N.)
Sept. 21 International Day of Peace
Sept. 3rd Sun. Terry Fox Run (National)
Sept. 4th Sun. AIDS Walk (National)
Oct. 17 International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty
Oct. 18 Persons Day (National)
Nov. 16 International Day for Tolerance (U.N.)
Nov. 20 Universal Children's Day
Nov. 25 International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women
Dec. 1 World AIDS Day
Dec. 2 International Day for Abolition of Slavery
(U.N.)
Dec. 3 International Day of Disabled Persons (U.N.)
Dec. 6 National Day of Remembrance and Action
on Violence Against Women
Dec. 10 Human Rights Day (U.N.)