Upcoming Events
BPW Day
https://bpwcanada.com/en/resources-links/commemorative-dates.html Beginning in 1930. #BPWDay #BPWDayYear #BPWPride Wearing yellow, post photos on social media. International Federation of Business and Professional Women. Celebrating BPW and celebrating all of the achievements.
Women’s Equality Day – USA
https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/resources/commemorations/womens-equality-day/10-ideas-for-womens-equality-day/ Beginning in 1971. #WomensEqualityDay #EqualityDay Women’s Equality Day commemorates the passage of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution, granting the right to vote to women. The amendment was […]
International Equal Pay Day
https://www.un.org/en/observances/equal-pay-day Beginning in 2020 #EqualPayDay Adopted by the UN in 2019. International Equal Pay Day, celebrated for the first time in 2020, represents the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of […]
Take Back the Night
https://takebackthenight.org/ Beginning in 1981 #TakeBacktheNight #TBTNYear Date and often month vary across Canada. Movement that is set to bring awareness to the nature of sexual violence and stand with the […]
Gender Equaliy Week
https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/gew-ses/index-en.html Beginning in 2018, their hashtags update every year to become more current. Gender Equality Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of the important contribution's women and gender diverse […]
Orange Shirt Day
https://www.orangeshirtday.org/ Beginning in 2013 #EveryChildMatters Goal is to create awareness of the individual, family, and community intergenerational impacts of Indian Residential Schools through orange shirt day activities and to promote […]
National Seniors Day
https://agewell-nce.ca/national-seniors-day-2019#:~:text=October%201%20is%20National%20Seniors,appreciate%20and%20celebrate%20older%20adults. Celebrating and appreciating the lives of older adults. Enhancing the quality of life for seniors is a top priority for health-care workers interacting with older adults. They make connections […]
Women’s History Month
https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/whm-mhf/index-en.html The Hashtags are updated annualy. October is Women’s History Month in Canada, a time to celebrate the women and girls from our past and our present, who are contributing […]
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Day; Sisters in Spirit
https://www.nwac.ca/ #SISVigils #MMIW #MMIWG Honour the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Sisters in Spirit Vigils.
International Day of the Girl Child
https://www.un.org/en/observances/girl-child-day Beginning in 2011 #DayoftheGirl The International Day of the Girl Child focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girl's empowerment and the […]