Dates of Recognition

January
  • National Ribbon Skirt Day – January 4
February
  • Preventative Health Awareness Month
  • Psychology Month
  • Recreation Therapy Month
  • Black History Month
  • Saskatchewan Indigenous Storytelling Month
  • Feeding Tube Awareness Week – February 5-9
  • World Day of Social Justice – February 20
  • Pink Shirt Day – February 26
March
  • Music Therapy Awareness Month
  • National Social Work Month
  • Nutrition Month
  • Pharmacy Appreciation Month
  • Zero Discrimination Day – March 1
  • International Women’s Day – March 8
  • International Day to Combat Islamophobia – March 15
  • Neurodiversity Celebration Week – March 17-23
  • Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQIA+ Celebration and Awareness Day – March 20
  • World Down Syndrome Day – March 21
  • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – March 21
  • International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims – March 24
  • International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade – March 25
  • National Indigenous Language Day – March 31
  • International Transgender Day of Visibility – March 31

April
  • National Oral Health Month
  • Autism Acceptance Month
  • Celebrate Diversity Month
  • National Dental Hygienists Week – April 4-10
  • World Autism Awareness Day – April 2
  • Advanced Care Planning Day – April 16
  • National Day of Mourning – April 28
  • National Perfusion Week – April 29- May 3
May
  • National Physiotherapy Month
  • Speech and Hearing Month
    • Speech Language Pathology Day – May 18
  • Visual Health Month
  • National Perfusionist week – May 3-9
  • Safety and Health Week – May 4-9
  • Mental Health Week – May 4-10
  • International Day of the Midwife – May 5
  • Red Dress Day – May 5
    • AKA: National Day of Awareness for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people (MMIWG2S)
  • World Asthma Day – May 6
  • National Child and Youth Mental Health Day – May 7
  • World Asthma Day – May 7
  • Safety and Health Week – May 6-11
  • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia – May 17
  • Paramedic Services Week – May 17-23
  • Saskatchewan Treaties Recognition week – May 20-26
  • National AccessAbility Week – May 31-June 6
June
  • Pride Month / Launch of Pride Season
  • Indigenous History Month
  • Red Shirt Day of Action for AccessAbility and Inclusion – June 3
  • National AccessAbility Week – May 31- June 6
  • International Day for Countering Hate Speech – June 18
  • National Indigenous People’s Day – June 21
  • PTSD Awareness Day – June 27
  • Canadian Multiculturalism Day – June 27
July
  • Disability Pride Month
  • Canada Day – July 1
  • National Injury Prevention Day – July 6
  • International Non-Binary Peoples Day – July 14
  • World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – July 30
August
  • Fat Liberation Month
  • International Overdose Awareness Day – August 31
September
  • World Suicide Prevention Day- September 10
  • Weight Stigma Awareness Week – September 14-18
  • International Day of Peace – September 21
  • Gender Equality Week – September 20-26
  • International Week of the Deaf – September 20-26
  • Bi Visibility Day – September 23
  • International Day of Sign Language – September 23
  • Environmental Public Health Week – Last week of September each year
  • National Day for Truth & Reconciliation – September 30
    • Orange Shirt Day – September 30
October
  • Occupational Therapy Month
  • Women’s History Month (Canada)
  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • Autism Awareness Month
  • ADHD Awareness Month
  • Global Diversity Awareness Month
  • LGBTQ History Month
  • International Day of Older Persons – October 1
  • National Senior’s Day – October 1
  • National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2-Spirit People
    • AKA: Sisters in Spirit Day – October 4
  • World Mental Health Day – October 10
  • National Coming Out Day – October 11
  • International Day of the Girl Child – October 11
  • World Hospice and Palliative Care Day – October 10
  • Workplace Bullying Awareness Week – October 11-17
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day – October 15
  • Persons day – October 18
  • Invisible Disabilities Week – October 18-24
  • Respiratory Therapy Week – October 18-24
  • International Stuttering Awareness Day – October 22
November
  • Indigenous Veteran’s Day – November 8
  • Remembrance Day – November 11
  • Veteran’s Week – November 5-11
  • Transgender Awareness Week – November 13-19
  • World Diabetes Day – November 14
  • Louis Riel Day – November 16
  • Transgender Day of Remembrance – November 20
  • National Addictions Awareness Week – November 15-21
  • International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women – November 25
December
  • Universal Human Rights Month
  • International Day for the Abolition of Slavery – December 2
  • International Day of Persons With Disabilities – December 3
  • National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women – December 6
  • The International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime – December 9
  • Human Right’s Day – December 10
  • Anti-Bullying Day – December 17
  • International Human Solidarity Day – December 20