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Wheatland Family & Community Support Services
  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. ​
January                                                                                                                
Bell Let's Talk January 26 
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week - January 20-24
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Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info
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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 7-14
International Childhood Cancer Day- February 15
Pink Shirt Day- February 24
Rare Disease day- February 28
Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info
Value

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 Obesity Day- March 4
World Lymphedema Day- March 6
Dental Assistants Recognition week- March 6-12
International Women's Day- March 8
World Glaucoma Week-March 7-13
Creative Arts Therapy Week- March13-19
Safe Sleep Week-March14-18
International Conference on New Horizons in Cardiology & Cardiologists Educations-March 15-16
Brain Awareness week-March14-20
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
International Conference on nanomaterials and Nanotechnology- March 25-26
Purple Day- March 26
World Bi-Polar Day - March 30
Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info

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
Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info

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
Host Organziation/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info
Value
Value

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 
Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info

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
Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info

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
Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info

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
Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info

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
​Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info

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
​Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info
SWAT
Community Conversations (Addictions Awareness Week)
Nov.  23rd,  2022
cwalsh@strathmore.ca

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
​Host Organization/Agency
Event Name
Event Date
Contact Info
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