Recognized Equity / Social Justice / Human Rights Dates
COPE Ontario highlights various equity and social justice dates to promote workplace awareness.
You can take action by organizing events or sharing information at work, transforming our union's commitment to equity into meaningful change!
January
- January 4: National Ribbon Skirt Day
February
- Black History Month
- February 14: Pink Triangle Day
- February 17: Asian Lunar New Year
- Last Wednesday of February: Pink Shirt Day (anti-bullying)
March
- March 8: International Women's Day
- March 20: International Francophonie Day
- March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- March 25: International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
April
- Arab Heritage Month
- April 8: Day of Pink (anti-bullying and queer)
- April 12: Equal Pay Day
- April 28: National Day of Mourning for Injured Workers
May
- Asian and South Asian Heritage Month
- Jewish Heritage Month
- First week of May: National Mental Health Week
- May 5: Red Dress Day
- May 15: International Day of Families (rights of families and inclusive policies)
- May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
June
- Indigenous History Month
- Pride Month
- June 1: Injured Workers' Day
- June 6: Anishinabek Nation Holiday (Anishinaabe Chi-Naaknigewin)
- June 20: World Refugee Day (rights and inclusion for displaced populations)
- June 21: National Indigenous Peoples' Day
- June 27: Canadian Multiculturalism Day
September
- First Monday in September: Labour Day
- September 25: Franco-Ontarian Day
- September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
October
- Latin American Heritage Month
- Women's History Month
- October 10: World Mental Health Day
- October 18: National Persons Day
November
- November 7: Inuit Day
- November 16: Louis Riel Day
December
- December 1: World AIDS Day
- December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
- December 10: Human Rights Day