Recognized by the UN since 1993, the day calls attention to the value of water across global communities and highlights issues that challenge equitable access to water, specifically amongst First Nation communities. Click here to find out more!
March 31, 2020 marks Equal Pay Day, the date recognized as the amount of time it takes for women’s wages to catch up to men’s wages in 2019.
Nationally, Equal Pay Day is an opportunity to educate communities across Canada on the realities of the gender wage gap and its negative economic impacts on women, especially women with multiple and intersecting identities.
This day honours the 1985 Singh decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.
In this decision, the Supreme Court found that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the fundamental rights of refugees. The Court decided that ‘everyone’ includes refugee claimants in the sentence: ‘Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.’
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Initiated in 2007, the International Day of Pink is observed annually on the second Wednesday of April.
International Mother Earth Day was designated by the UN in 2009 to raise awareness about the earth, its ecosystems and the challenges faced with climate change. Click here to find out more!
