January Month
• 3rd Wk - National Non-Smoking
Week - Canada - Canadian
Council on
Smoking
and
Health
• 3rd Wed
- Weedless Wednesday - Canada - Canadian Council on
Smoking and
Health
February Month
• 1st Wk - Eating
Disorder
Awareness
Week; National; National Eating
Disorder
Information Center
• 1st Wk - International Development Week; National; CIDA
• 1st Wk - National Therapeutic
Recreation
Week
• 1st Wk - White
Cane Week; National; Canadian Council of the
Blind
• 2nd Sunday –
World
Marriage
Day
• 2nd Wk -
World
Orphan
Week; International; SOS Children's Villages Canada
• Last Wed - Pink
Shirt Day (Anti-bullying) -
Canada -
Pink
Shirt Day
March Month
• 1st Wk -
Pharmacy Awareness Week - Canadian Pharmacists Association
• 1st Wk - Lymphedema Awareness Week -
BC
Lymphedema Association
• 1st Wk - World Glaucoma Awareness
Week - World Glaucoma Week
• 2nd Wk -
Canadian Agricultural Safety Week - Canadian Federation
of Agriculture
• 2nd Wk -
National Social Work Week
- Canadian Association
of Social Workers
• 2nd Monday of March - Commonwealth Day
• 2nd Thursday of March - World Kidney Day
• 3rd Wk - Crisis Line Awareness
Week - BC Crisis Line Association
• 3rd Friday of March - World Sleep Day
April Month
• 2nd Saturday of
April - Sarcoidosis
Awareness Day
• Last
Saturday in April - Show Your
Mettle Day - Awareness day to encourage amputees to
show their metal (prosthetic devices, wheel
chairs, etc).
• April 11-18 - National Porphyria Awareness Week (NPAW) to enhance porphyria awareness in
communities by spreading the word about porphyria.
• April 12-18 - Oral, Head and Neck Cancer
Awareness Week.
• 13 - 19 - National
Dental
Hygiene
Week; National; Canadian Dental
Hygienists Association
• 20- 27 - National
Organ Donor Awareness Week
• 2nd Wk - World Homeopathy Awareness Week
• 3rd Wk - National
Medical
Laboratory Week; National
• 3rd Wk - National
Volunteer Week; National; Volunteer Canada
May Month
• 1st Sunday of
May - World Laughter Day
• Celebrate World Peace Through
Laughter on
Sunday, May 7th, 2017
• What Is
World
Laughter Day?
• World
Laughter Day is a free event that has been
celebrated in
Los
Angeles on the first Sunday of May since
2005 at the initiative
of Sebastien Gendry, creator of
the Laughter Wellness method. It was
first started in
India in
1998 and now takes place
in all the major capitals of the
world and more
cities. Its
aim
is to promote
intentional
laughter and its
many
healing benefits, and
raise awareness about the many
thousands of community laughter clubs around the world.
• Week surrounding
May 5 -
International Cri du
Chat Syndrome Awareness Week
• 1st Tuesday of May -
World
Asthma Day
• 2nd Sunday of
May - International Mothers'
Day
• 2nd Week in
May - Williams Syndrome Awareness
Week
June Month
• 3rd Sunday of
June - World Father’s
Day
July Month
• Last Friday of July -
System Administrator Appreciation
Day
• 1st Saturday of July -
International Day of Cooperatives
August Month
• First Sunday in August - International Friendship Day
September Month
• National Rehabilitation Awareness
Week - (Actual Date Subject to
Change Each
Year)
• Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week -
First week
of September - (5th - 11th Sept,
2016)
October Month
• 1st Monday of October - World
Habitat Day
• 2nd Thursday of October - World Sight Day
November Month
• National Radiologic Technology Week - Celebrated annually to recognize the vital
work
of R.T.s across the nation. The celebration takes place each November to commemorate the
anniversary of
the x-ray's discovery by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on
Nov. 8, 1895. Learn more www.asrt.org/nrtw
• Third Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
(Recognized by the
UN)
• 3rd Sunday of
November - World Day of Remembrance for
Road Traffic Victims
• 3rd Thursday of November
- World Philosophy Day
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