Days and months of significance

The Office of Equity Transformation shares this list of dates and months that serve as moments to celebrate diversity, acknowledge discrimination and hatred, and learn about historical challenges faced by systemically marginalized communities. We use this a guide toward building a fair, equitable, inclusive, and just community through education and action.

Hee-jung Serenity Joo, outgoing director of UM Institute for Humanities, and English, theatre, film, and media professor, in front of a mural at 116 Sherbrook by Real Fresh Canvas Co (Annaliza Toledo & Trevor Peters).

Celebrating Asian Heritage Month at UM

Important to note is that numerous sacred days are linked to different faiths, and the exclusion of specific dates from this list does not diminish their importance or worth.

Intended to be a resource, this list is not exhaustive and is subject to updates and modifications throughout the year.

Days of significance

January

February

  • February 19, 2024: Louis Riel Day
  • February 20, 2024: World Day of Social Justice

March

  • March 8: International Women's Day 
     
  • March 15: International Day to Combat Islamaphobia
     
  • March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
     
  • March 31: International Transgender Day of Visibility

April

  • April 10 (Second Wednesday of April): International Day of Pink
  • April 27 - 28: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

May

June

  • June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day

August

  • August 1: Emancipation Day

September

  • September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

October

  • October 1: National Seniors Day
  • October 10: World Mental Health Day

November

  • November 8: Indigenous Veterans Day
     
  • November 11: Remembrance Day
     
  • November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
     
  • Fourth Saturday of November: Holodomor Memorial Day

December

  • December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
     
  • December 6: The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women
     
  • December 10: Human Rights Day

Months of significance

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