Recognition Days
2022-2023 school year dates of recognition/celebration
September
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month
- 8: International Literacy Day
- 9: International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day
- 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
- 15: International IT Professionals Day
- 19: Powley Day
- 28: Rowan's Law Day
- 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- 30: Orange Shirt Day
October
- ADHD Awareness Month
- Canadian Autism Awareness Month
- Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month
- Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
- Women's History Month
- 1: National Seniors Day
- 2: National Custodial and Maintenance Workers Recognition Day
- 5: World Teacher Day
- 5: Yom Kippur
- 9-15: Fire Prevention Week
- 10: World Mental Health Day
- 11: International Day of the Girl
- 15: Canadian Library Support Staff Day
- 17: International Day of the Eradication of Poverty
- 17-22: Local Government Week
- 17-22: School Bus Safety Week
- 18: Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day
- 18: Persons Day
- 19: Bus Operator Appreciation Day
- 19: Educational Assistant Appreciation Day
- 20: International Pronouns Day
- 24: Diwali
- 24: Municipal and School Board Elections in Ontario
- 27: Dress Purple Day
November
- 5-11: Veterans' Week
- 7-11: Treaties Recognition Week
- 7: Inuit Day
- 8: Indigenous Veterans' Day
- 11: Remembrance Day
- 16: Louis Riel Day
- 20: International Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 20: World Children's Day
- 21-25: Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week
December
- 1: World Aids Day
- 3: International Day of People with Disabilities
- 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
- 10: Human Rights Day
- 25: Christmas Day
January
- 1: New Year's Day
- 16: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- 21: Lincoln Alexander Day
- 24: International Day of Education
- 27: Family Literacy Day
- 27: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
February
- Black History Month
- Psychology Month
- 15: National Flag of Canada Day
- 22: Pink Shirt Day
- 22: Human Trafficking Awareness Day
March
- National Social Work Month
- 8: International Women's Day
- 21: World Down Syndrome Day
- 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 21: Social Worker Day
- 22: School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day
- 25: Earth Hour
- 26: Epilepsy Awareness Day
- 31: National Indigenous Languages Day
- 31: International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
- Month of the Military Child
- 2: World Autism Day
- 7: World Health Day
- 8: International Day of Silence
- 9: Easter
- 12: International Day of Pink
- 22: International Earth Day
- 26: Administrative Professionals Day
- 27: Teal Up for Military Kids
- 28: National Day of Mourning/World Day for Safety and Health at Work
May
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Speech & Hearing Month
- Sexual Assault Prevention Month
- 1: School Principal's Day
- 1-5: Children's Mental Health Week
- 1-5: Child and Youth Worker Appreciation Week
- 1-5: Education Week
- 5: National Day of Awareness and Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and Two-Spirited Peoples
- 10: Jordan's Principle Day
- 14: Children and Youth in Care Day
- 15: International Day of Families
- 17: International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- 28-3: National AccessAbility Week
June
- National Indigenous History Month
- Pride Month
- 7: Canadian Armed Forces Day
- 19: Juneteenth
- 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day
- 27: Canadian Multiculturalism Day
July
- 1: Canada Day
- 1-7: Canada History Week
August
- 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
- 12: International Youth Day