Canadian & Provincial Awareness Days
Groups or Associations Hosting Events coordinating with the Awareness Days.
There will be a link posted if available to take you to the hosts website for more information.
There will be a link posted if available to take you to the hosts website for more information.
January
Bell Let's Talk January 25 Alzheimer's Awareness month |
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February
Black History Month Eating Disorder Awareness February 1-7 Nutrition Month Psychology month Recreation Therapy Month World Cancer Day - February 4 Congenital Heart Disease Awareness week- February 13-17 International Childhood Cancer Day- February 15 Pink Shirt Day- February 22 Rare Disease day- February 28 |
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March
5 Days for the Homeless Month Brain Health Awareness Month Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Liver Health Month Music Therapy Awareness Month Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month National Social Worker Month Nutrition Month World Teen Mental Wellness Day - March 2 March 3 - World Birth defects day World Hearing Day Employee Appreciation Day World Obesity Day- March 4 World Lymphedema Day- March 6 National Day of Unplugging - March 6 Dental Assistants Recognition week- March 5-11 International Women's Day- March 8 World Glaucoma Week-March 12-18 Daylight savings Time Starts - March 12 National K9 Veterans Day - March 13 Creative Arts Therapy Week- March 13-19 Safe Sleep Week-March 13-17 International Conference on New Horizons in Cardiology & Cardiologists Educations-March 15-16 Brain Awareness week-March 13-19 St. Patrick's day - March 17 International Read to me Day - March 19 World Sleep day-March 19 National Poison Prevention Week-March21-27 Neurodiversity Celebration Week-March21-27 World Down Syndrome Day-March 21 World Water Day-March 22 World Tuberculosis Day- March 24 Purple Day- March 26 |
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April
HIE Awareness Month IBS Awareness Month National Oral Health Month Parkinson Awareness Month Rosacea Awareness Month Sexual Assault Awareness Month World Autism Awareness Day- April 2 Green Shirt Day- April 7 World Health Day- April 7 National Dental Hygienists Week-April 4-10 National Medical Laboratory Week- April 10-16 FND Awareness Day- April 13 World Congress on Cardiac Nursing and Cardiology- April 14-15 Advance Care Planning Day- April 16 Canadian Infertility Awareness week- April18-24 World Hemophilia Day-April 17 National Immunization Awareness week- April 24-30 National Day of Mourning- April28 |
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May
Ankylosing Spondylitis awareness Month Bladder Cancer Awareness Month Brain Tumor Awareness Month Celiac Disease Awareness Month Cystic Fibrosis Month (In French Only) GBS/CIDP Awareness Month Hemochromatosis Awareness Month Hypertension Awareness Month Huntington Disease Awareness Month Li-Fraumeni Syndrome/ TP53 Awareness Moth Medic Alert Month Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month Missing Indigenous Women- May 5 MS Awareness Month National Physiotherapy Month National Sun Awareness Month-May2-29 Sexual Violence Prevention Month Speech and Hearing Month Vision Health Month National Physician's Day- May1 Mental Health Action Day - May 20 Mental Health Week- May3-9 World Pulmonary Hypertension Day-May 5 National Child and Youth Mental Health Day-May 7 Check Your Skin Day- May 8 World Cross and Red Crescent Day- May 8 World Ovarian Cancer day -May 8 International Medical Physics Week -May 9-13 World Lupus Day -May10 National Nursing Week - May10-16 Canadian Hepatitis Elimination Day- May11 International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases- May12 International Nurses Day -May 12 Apraxia awareness Day -May 14 Naturopathic Medicine week - May 15-21 World Congress On Healthcare and Hospital Management- May 16-17 International Celiac Disease Day- May 16 World Hypertension Day- May17 Paramedic Services Week -May23-29 World schizophrenia and psychosis Day -May 24 National Multiple Birth awareness Day- May 28 World Multiple Sclerosis Day -May 30 World No Tobacco Day - May 31 |
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June
Canadian Men's Health Month Cataract awareness Month Pride Month Thyroid Month (Canada) Migraine Awareness Month Intergenerational Day Canada -June 1 World Environment Day -June 5 National Health and Fitness Day - June 5 National Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Awareness Week -June 6-13 Meditation national Day -June 9 Action Anxiety Day - June 10 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day- June 15 World Sickle Day- June 19 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking- June 26 National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day -June 26 PTSD Awareness Day- June 27 Brain Injury Awareness Month- June 29 World Scleroderma Day- June 29 |
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July
National Injury Prevention Day- July 5 International Conference on Microfluidics and Bio-mems - July 9-10 Glioblastoma Awareness Day - July 17 International Self-Care Day -July 24 World Hepatitis Day -July 28 |
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August
Gastroparesis Awareness Month Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month International Youth Day - August 12 World Humanitarian Day - August 19 International Overdose Awareness Day -August 31 |
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September
Acne Awareness Month Arthritis Awareness Month Charcot-Marie-Tooth Awareness Month Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Craniofacial Acceptance Month Duchenne awareness Month Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder awareness Month (FASD) Inherited retinal Disease awareness Month International Pain Awareness Month Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Sickle Cell Awareness Month Syringomyelia &Chiari Malformation Month World Alzheimer's Month National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day - September 4 Fibromyalgia Awareness Week - September 4-11 World Duchenne Day - September 7 World First Aid Day - September 8 International FASD Awareness Day -September 9 World Suicide Prevention Day- September 10 Living Donation Week- September 11-17 World Sepsis Day - September 13 Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day - September 15 World Conference on Women Health Science and Care - September 16-17 Terry Fox Run - September 19 Sport purple for platelets - September 24-25 Environmental Public Health Week -September 26- October 2 World Rabies Day - 28 Reconciliation Day - September 30 |
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October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month(Canadian Cancer Society) Children's Vision Month Lupus Awareness Month (In French Only) Mark it Read for Dyslexia Awareness Month Occupational Therapy Month Rett Syndrome Awareness Month World Cerebral Palsy Day- October 6 World Mental Health Day- October 10 World Sight Day - October 10 World Arthritis Day - October 12 World Thrombosis Day - October 13 Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day - October 15 World Spine Day - October 16 Workplace Bullying Awareness Week - October 17-23 Invisible Disabilities Week - October 18-24 National Pharmacy Technician Day - October 18 National Psoriatic Arthritis Day - October 19 International Stuttering Awareness Day- October 22 Brain Cancer Awareness Day - October 24 World Amyloidosis Day - October 26 Canadian Patient Safety Week - October 24-28 Respiratory Therapy Week - October 24-30 Canadian Intensive Care Week - October 27-30 World Psoriasis Day - October 29 |
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November
Indigenous Disability Awareness Month Lung Cancer Awareness Month Osteoporosis Month Movember Fall Prevention Month National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month Addictions Awareness Week - November 22-28 National Pain Awareness Week - November 6-12 International Day of Medical Physics - November 7 Medical Radiation Technologist Week - November 7- 13 World Pneumonia Day - November 12 World Diabetes Day - November 14 World Prematurity Day- November 17 World Antibiotics Awareness Week- November 18-24 National Enteropathic Arthritis Awareness Week - November 19 National Addictions Awareness Week - November 20-26 National Child Day - November 20 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - November 25 Digital Health Week - November 29- December 5 Stomach Cancer Awareness Day - November 30 |
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December
Mental & Health Wellness over the Holidays World AIDS Day - December 1 Women's Brain Health day - December 2 National Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women - December 6 Human Rights Day - December 10 Anti-Bullying Day - December 17 |
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