Special Recognition Days
In accordance with Special Recognition Days Policy 455, the UCDSB acknowledges and/or promotes special recognition days that meet two or more of the following criteria:
- The special day or event has a demonstrable educational value (such as “teachable moments” that can be incorporated in the curriculum before, during, and after the event);
- The special day or event has a clear connection to the board’s mission, values, strategic plan; or
- The special day or event is understood to promote the general benefit of the community.
The 2022-2023 Special Recognition Dates are:
| September |
8 - International Literacy Day
10 - World Suicide Prevention Day
20 - International IT Professionals' Day
23 - Terry Fox National School Run Day
23 - International Day of Sign Languages
25 - Franco-Ontarian Day
30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
30 - Orange Shirt Day
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
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| October |
4 - National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQ+ People
5 - International Walk to School Day
5 - World Teachers' Day
9-15 - Fire Prevention Week
10 - World Mental Health Day
11 - International Day of the Girl
16-22 - National Teen Driver Safety Week
17-21 - Bus Safety Week
17-21 - Local Government Week
17-21 - National School Safety Week
18 - Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator
(ECE) Appreciation Day
19 - International Pronouns Day
21 - School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
27 - Dress Purple Day (children's rights)
Women's History Month
K-12 Cyber Awareness Month
International Walk to School Month
|
| November |
6-12 - Treaties Recognition Week
8 - Indigenous Veterans Day
11 - Remembrance Day
13 - World Kindness Day
14-18 - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week
|
| December |
3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
6 - National Day of Remembrance and Action on
Violence Against Women
10 - Human Rights Day
|
| January |
16 - Martin Luther King Day
21 - Lincoln Alexander Day
22 - Chinese New Year/Spring Festival
27 - International Day of Commemoration
in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
27 - Family Literacy Day |
| February |
15 - National Flag of Canada Day
20 - World Day of Social Justice
22 - Pink Shirt Day: Anti-Bullying
Black History Month
|
| March |
8 - International Women's Day
11 - National COVID-19 Day of Observance
14 - National Pi Day
21 - World Down Syndrome Day
21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22 - National School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day
25 - Earth Hour
26 - Purple Day for Epilepsy
|
| April |
2 - World Autism Awareness Day
9 - Vimy Ridge Day
12 - International Day of Pink (LGBTQ+)
16-22 - National Volunteer Week
21 - World Creativity & Innovation Day
22 - Earth Day
26 - Administrative Professionals Day
Earth Month
|
| May |
1 - School Principals' and Vice-Principals' Day
1-5 - Children's Mental Health Week
1-5 - Education Week
5 - Education Support Staff Appreciation Day
12 - School Communicators Day
17 - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia
and Biphobia
21 - Ontario Flag Day
Asian Heritage Month
Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
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| June |
5 - World Environment Day
21 - National Indigenous Peoples Day
27 - Canadian Multiculturalism Day
Pride Month
National Indigenous History Month
|
| July |
1 - Canada Day
15 - World Youth Skills Day
18 - Nelson Mandela Day
30 - International Day of Friendship |
| August |
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Download the PDF Version of the
2022-2023 UCDSB Special Recognition Days.