Dates of Significance
This is a living calendar, and members of the community are welcome to reach out with additions and updates, or to let us know about any errors. To send an inquiry about the EDI calendar, please email Larissa Wodtke at l.wodtke@uwinnipeg.ca.
To view provincial/national holidays and important dates related to the academic year, please visit the UWinnipeg Dates for the Academic Year.
To view religious observance dates, see the UWinnipeg Religious Observance Calendar.
2023
January
- Jan 1-30: Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- Jan 4: World Braille Day
- Jan 22: Lunar New Year
- Jan 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Jan 29: National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia
February
- Feb 1: World Hijab Day
- Feb 1-28: Black History Month
- First full week in Feb: White Cane Week
- Feb 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- Feb 14: Missing Women’s Memorial March
- Feb 20: World Day of Social Justice
- Feb 22: Pink Shirt Day
March
- Mar 1: Self-harm Awareness Day
- Mar 8: International Women’s Day
- Mar 13 - Apr 15: Deaf History Month
- Mar 20: International Day of La Francophonie
- Mar 20: Nowruz
- Mar 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Mar 22: World Water Day
- Mar 25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- Mar 31: International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
- First Tuesday of Apr: National Caregiver Day
- Apr 2: World Autism Awareness Day
- Apr 6: International Asexuality Day
- Apr 7: World Health Day
- Apr 12: Equal Pay Day
- Apr 13: International Day of Pink
- Apr 22: Earth Day
- Apr 28: National Day of Mourning
- Apr 30: Journey to Freedom Day
May
- May 1-30: Asian Heritage Month
- May 1-30: Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
- May 1-7: Mental Health Week
- May 5: National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
- May 15: International Day of Families
- May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- May 25: Africa Day
- May 28-June 3: National AccessAbility Week
June
- June 1-30: Pride Month
- June 1-30: National Indigenous History Month
- June 19: International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
- June 20: World Refugee Day
- June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day
- June 23: National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism
- June 27: Canadian Multiculturalism Day
July
- July 1-31: Disability Pride Month
- July 14: Mad Pride Day
- July 14: International Non-Binary People’s Day
- July 21: Drug Users Remembrance Day
August
- Aug 1: Emancipation Day
- Aug 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
- Aug 19: World Humanitarian Day
- Aug 31: International Overdose Awareness Day
September
- Sept 10: World Suicide Prevention Day
- Sept 21: International Day of Peace
- Sept 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Orange Shirt Day
October
- Oct 1-31: Islamic History Month Canada
- Oct 1-31: Women’s History Month
- Oct 4: Sisters in Spirit Vigil
- Oct. 8: International Lesbian Day
- Oct 10: World Mental Health Day
- Oct 11: National Coming Out Day
- Oct 11: International Day of the Girl Child
- Oct 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- Oct 18: Persons Day
- Oct 19: International Pronouns Day
- Oct. 22-28: Asexual Awareness Week
- Oct 26: International Intersex Awareness Day
November
- Nov 1-30: Indigenous Disability Awareness Month
- Nov 8: Intersex Solidarity Day
- Nov 8: Indigenous Veterans Day
- Nov 16: International Day for Tolerance
- Nov 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
- Nov 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
December
- Dec 1: World AIDS Day
- Dec 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- Dec 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
- Dec 10: Human Rights Day
- Dec 17: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
- Dec 26 - Jan 1: Kwanzaa