Cultural Heritage and Human Rights Calendar
Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, January 16
www.mlkday.org
http://www.thekingcenter.org/
African Heritage Month of February http://www.georgebrown.ca/Admin/hr/hra/
AfricanHeritage_04.pdf
Irish Heritage and Cultural Appreciation Month of March
http://www.irishamericanheritage.com/
International Women’s Day, March 8th
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,
March 21
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/issues/racism
Fighting everyday racism
http://www.ohchr.org/
Hong Kong Culture and Heritage Day, April 26,
http://www.toronto.ca/proclamations/2006index.htm,
http://www.hketo.ca/news/pages/Apr-26-2006_HKDay.html
Asian Heritage Month of May
http://www.asianheritagemonth.org/
http://www.georgebrown.ca/Admin/hr/hra/
AsianHeritage_May_04.pdf
South Asian Heritage Month of May,
http://www.southasianheritage.com/
Day Against Homophobia in Toronto, May 17
http://www.homophobiaday.org/,
http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org
Aboriginal Heritage Month, National Aboriginal Day June 21 http://www.georgebrown.ca/Admin/hr/hra/
AboriginalHeritage_June_04.pdf
Portuguese History and Heritage Month of June
Pride Week June 19-25
http://www.pridetoronto.com/
World Refugee Day June 20
http://www.unhcr.ca/wrd/
Latino Week in Toronto July 10-16
Psychiatric Survivor Pride Day July 14 ,
Emancipation Day August 1
http://www.emancipation.ca/
International Literacy Month of September
http://www.proliteracy.org/,
http://www.abc-canada.org/en/adult_literacy/facts,
Deaf Heritage Week September 17-23
International Day of Peace September 21http://internationaldayofpeace.org/about/background.html
Action Against Poverty Week October 16-20
http://www.ocsj.ca/
http://www.ocap.ca/
Holocaust Education Week November 1-9
http://www.bnaibrith.ca/league/hh-teachers/educan04.html,
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/multic/holocaust.html
Remembrance Week November 6-11
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=feature/vetweek
International Day of People with Disabilities December 3
http://www.un.org/disabilities/
Human Rights Day December 10
http://www.pch.gc.ca/
International Days
http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/
international_days.asp
Cultural Days recognized in Toronto
http://www.toronto.ca/proclamations/2008index.htm
Religious Holidays recognized by George Brown College
http://www.thecouncil.on.ca/
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