AMAPCEO recognizes a number of equity and social justice dates to bring awareness into the workplace.
Organizing and event or sharing information in your workplace are just a couple of the many ways that you can participate and turn our union's commitment to equity into action!
Recognized Equity and Social Justice Dates
January/February
- January 4: Ribbon Skirt Day
- Asian Lunar New Year
February
- Black History Month
- February 14: Pink Triangle Day
- Last Wednesday of February: Pink Shirt Day (anti-bullying)
March
- March 8: International Women's Day
- March 20: International Francophonie Day
- March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- March 25: International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
April
- Arab Heritage Month
- April 9: Day of Pink (anti-bullying and queer)
- April 12: Equal Pay Day
- April 28: National Day of Mourning for Injured Workers
May
- Asian and South Asian Heritage Month
- Jewish Heritage Month
- First week of May: National Mental Health Week
- May 5: Red Dress Day
- May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
June
- Indigenous History Month
- Pride Month
- June 1: Injured Workers' Day
- June 6: Anishinabek Nation Holiday (Anishinaabe Chi-Naaknigewin)
- June 21: National Indigenous Peoples' Day
- June 27: Canadian Multiculturalism Day
September
- First Monday in September: Labour Day
- September 25: Franco-Ontarian Day
- September 30: Orange Shirt Day for Indigenous Reconciliation
October
- Latin American Heritage Month
- Women's History Month
- October 10: World Mental Health Day
- October 18: National Persons Day
November
- November 7: Inuit Day
- November 16: Louis Riel Day
December
- December 1: World AIDS Day
- December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
- December 10: Human Rights Day
