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 2023-2024 Special Recognition Dates are:
| September |
19 - International IT Professionals' Day
22 - Terry Fox National School Run Day
23 - International Day of Sign Languages
25 - Franco-Ontarian Day
30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / Orange Shirt Day
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| October |
5 - World Teachers' Day
8-14 - Fire Prevention Week
10 - World Mental Health Day
16-22 - National Bus Safety Week
16-22 - Local Government Week
17 - Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator
(ECE) Appreciation Day
18 - School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
27 - Dress Purple Day
K-12 Cyber Awareness Month
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| November |
5-11 - Treaties Recognition Week
8 - Indigenous Veterans Day
11 - Remembrance Day
19-25 - Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week
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| December |
3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
6 - National Day of Remembrance and Action on
Violence Against Women
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| January |
15 - Martin Luther King Day
21 - Lincoln Alexander Day
27 - International Day of Commemoration
in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
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| February |
15 - National Flag of Canada Day
22 - Pink Shirt Day: Anti-Bullying
Black History Month
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| March |
8 - International Women's Day
11 - National Pandemic Observance Day
21 - World Down Syndrome Day
20 - National School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day
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| April |
2 - World Autism Awareness Day
10 - International Day of Pink (LGBTQ+)
14-20 - National Volunteer Week
22 - Earth Day
24 - Administrative Professionals Day
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| May |
1 - School Principals' and Vice-Principals' Day
3 - Education & Professional Support Staff Appreciation Day
5 - Red Dress Day - National Day of Awareness of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls
6-10 - Mental Health Week
6-10 - Education Week
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 |
Pride Month
National Indigenous History Month
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