2021-2022 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
• 15: International IT Professionals 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: International Day of Older Persons
• 2: National Custodial and Maintenance Workers Recognition Day
• 5: World Teacher Day
• 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
• 18: Persons Day
• 18-22: Local Government Week
• 18-22: School Bus Safety Week
• 21: Bus Operator Appreciation Day
• 21: Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day
• 21: Educational Assistant Appreciation Day
• 27: Dress Purple Day

November 

• 1-5: Treaties Recognition Week
• 11: Remembrance Day
• 16: Louis Riel Day
• 21-27: Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week
• 20: International Transgender Day of Remembrance
• 20: World Children’s Day

December

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

January

• 1: New Year’s Day
• 17: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• 24: International Day of Education
• 27: Family Literacy Day
• 27: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
• 28: Data Privacy and Information Technology Services Day

February 

• Black History Month
• 15: National Flag of Canada Day
• 21: Family Day
• 22: Human Trafficking Awareness Day

March 

• 7-13: Social Worker Week
• 8: International Women’s Day
• 21: World Down Syndrome Day
• 23: School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day

April 

• 2: World Autism Awareness Day
• 7: World Health Day
• 8: International Day of Silence
• 13: International Day of Pink
• 22: International Earth Day
• 27: Administrative Professionals Day
• 28: National Day of Mourning

May 

• Sexual Assault Prevention Month
• Speech & Hearing Month
• 1: School Principal’s Day
• 2-6: Children’s Mental Health Week
• 2-6: Child and Youth Worker Appreciation Week
• 2-6: Education Week
• 5: Red Dress Day
• 15: International Day of Families
• 17: International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

June 

• National Indigenous History Month
• Pride Month
• 7: Canadian Armed Forces Day
• 19: Juneteenth
• 21: National Indigenous People’s 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