Observed throughout Canada since 1996, Black History Month honours the contributions, achievements and legacy created by persons of African ancestry. This month is dedicated to sharing and learning about Black Canadian history. To find out more, click here.
This child and youth-led reconciliation event was created by the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. It calls on the federal government to ensure First Nations children have equity in health and education. Click here for more information!
The first women’s memorial march was held in 1992 in response to the murder of a woman on Powell Street in Vancouver. Out of this sense of hopelessness and anger came an annual march on Valentine’s Day to express compassion, community, and caring for all women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Unceded Coast Salish Territories. For more information, please click here.
Celebrated by the United Nations since 1975, the day celebrates the hard-fought gains women have made in Canada and around the world in cultural, economic, social and political spheres. It calls for continued advocacy to achieve real and full gender parity. To find out more, click here.
Proclaimed by the UN in 1966, the day brings visibility to issues of racism across the globe and calls for renewed efforts in the struggle to eliminate it. Click here for more information!
