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Equity and Diversity Calendar2011-2012

KKawartha Pine Ridge District School Board

Hidden in Plain Sight

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One of the many responsibilities of a school district is to ensure fair and equitable treatment among all students and employees of diverse backgrounds. The

Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPR) believes in the power of education to change thinking, attitudes and behaviours. The Board remains

committed to identifying and eliminating systemic barriers, which limit the academic success and life chances of students, and the career opportunities of

employees. As such, the Board’s Equity and Diversity Committee operates with a mandate to promote and raise awareness of issues relating to equity and

diversity.

For the seventh consecutive year, members of the Equity and Diversity Committee challenged schools to create art commenting on equity and diversity themes.

The theme for this year’s Calendar was “Hidden in Plain Sight.” To account for a variety of learning needs and styles, school communities were encouraged to use

diverse media. Their goal was to portray artistically that while people, experiences and issues may seem evident to us, they are, in fact, made up of many sides,

layers and components that we may not see, perceive or understand unless carefully regarded. The Calendar reflects the Board’s commitment to the principles of

equity and valuing diversity, and provides a showcase for the artistic talents of students and staff.

It represents a partnership among students, teachers,

principals, the Equity and Diversity Committee, the

Human Resources Department, Multimedia Services

and the Communications Office. The Equity and

Diversity Calendar aims to serve as a resource for

educators, students and school communities. It

celebrates the creativity of KPR students and provides

information about:

Significant equity and diversity dates recognized by

the United Nations, Canada and Ontario.Bahá’í, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Islamic

and Sikh holy days and feasts.Dates of significance to communities within the KPR

district (e.g. First Nations).Canadian civic holidays.Equinox, solstice and daylight savings dates.The KPR Board Calendar

An electronic version with accompanying resource

suggestions is available on the Board’s web site;

www.kprdsb.ca.

Special thanks go to the many individuals who

supported this project, including:Each student, teacher, volunteer and principal

involved in creating artworkEquity & Diversity Committee MembersAlderville, Hiawatha & Curve Lake First NationsPeterborough Pride CommitteeStan Kicak, Steve Spracklin, LRCJoanne Gillam, Gale Ovens, Jayne Potts, Jill

Ritchie, Human Resources

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The Kawartha Pine Ridge Equity and Diversity Calendar 2011-2012

Vincent Massey P.S. Otonabee Valley P.S.

“Hidden in Plain Sight”“Watched”


The Equity and Diversity Team, located within Human Resources, supports the advancement of equity,valuing diversity, inclusiveness and respect for the dignity of all persons within the KPR community. Incollaboration with students, staff, trustees and community partners, the team facilitates studentachievement while supporting just, fair working and learning environments. The Team’s work is guidedprimarily by the principles and practices mandated under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the OntarioHuman Rights Code, the Education Act, the Safe Schools Act, the Accessibility for Ontarians withDisabilities Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

In collaboration with other departments and programs, the Team:implements the Board’s equity-related policies and administrative regulations.develops KPR’s Annual Accessibility Plan.involves community partners in equity and diversity initiatives.provides anti-discrimination education within the system.develops capacity among staff and students to advance equity, value diversity and create inclusive,respectful environments.creates/disseminates resources that enhance understanding of and across diverse communities.

The Board has an advisory Equity and Diversity Committee that consists of representatives from allemployee groups. The mandate of this committee is to address equity, diversity and inclusiveness in thehuman resource, educational and business services of the Board and to provide leadership and directionin these areas. In addition, each year schools identify a staff member to fill the voluntary, co-curricular roleof Equity Contact. Staff in this role support the coordination of equity programming and the disseminationof related information in schools and among the Board sites.

In 2010-11, the Board undertook many equity-related actions to support safety and student achievement.These include:

providing fall/spring training to all School Equity Contacts.training all staff re: workplace violence and harassment.approving KPR’s Guidelines on Multifaith Accommodation.creating educational materials about bias for use by staff.piloting a successful Access Awareness event and creating related resource materials for use ineducational programming.extending our ‘Creativity and Diversity of Thought’ project to include a training component.assisting with the development of school climate surveys for students in grades 4 through 12.initiating our Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS) program.implementing the Ministry of Education’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy (EIE).

Community participation and involvement are critical to the success of KPR’s Equity and Diversity team.Strategic partnerships/involvement in 2010-11 included:

Board lead, Barrie Regional EIE Network of School Boards.Partner, SWIS.Participant, Peterborough Partnership Council on Immigrant Integration.Participant, Durham Diversity and Immigration Partnership Council.Multifaith Community Meeting.Ontario Human Rights Commission.

In addition, to these strategic partnerships we continue to be engaged with school boards, organizations,and community agencies and members, within the Board area, provincially and nationally.

If you would like additional information about equity and diversity at KPR, please feel welcome to visit ourwebsite at: www.kprschools.ca

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Dr. G.J. MacGillivray P.S.

“Hidden Truth”The Pines Sr. P.S.


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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InternationalLiteracy Day (UN)

International Day ofDemocracy (UN)

Curve LakePow Wow

Curve LakePow Wow

International Dayof Peace (UN) Autumn Equinox

Peterborough PrideParade

KrishnaJayanti/JanmashtamiNavaratri

NavaratriRosh Hashanah

ProfessionalActivity DayNavaratriRosh Hashanah

Labour Day (Can)Schools and BoardClosed Classes Begin

ProfessionalActivity DayNon-Instructional DayGanesh Chaturthi

Board DesignatedHolidaySchools Closed

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Index of Holy Days

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Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu) - September 1

International Day of Peace (UN) - September 21

Peterborough Pride Parade - September 24

United Nations Literacy Decade: Educationfor All

United Nations Decade of Education forSustainable Development

Second International Decade of the World’sIndigenous People

International Decade for Action: “Water for Life”

Second United Nations Decade for theEradication of Poverty

This is a celebration of the birth of Lord Ganesh, theelephant-headed God known as the Remover of Obstacles.

For more information, and resources related to this day,please refer to the on-line version of the calendar availableat

A celebration of the history, diversity, courage and future ofthe lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual,intersex and two-spirited communities.

Curve Lake Pow Wow (First Nations) - September 17-18

Krishna Jayanti/Janmashtami (Hindu) - September 28

Navaratri (Hindu) - September 28 - October 6

Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) - September 29 - 30

A Pow Wow is a spiritual and social gathering. First Nationspeoples come together to celebrate and honour traditionsthrough drumming, singing, and dancing.

This festival marks the birth of Krishna, the most veneratedGod in Hinduism.

A festival celebrating the triumph of good over evil, Navaratrihonours God as a mother figure - an element that is uniquefrom many other religions. Women traditionally plant ninedifferent seeds at this time, in honour of the goddess Druga.

Rosh Hashanah celebrates New Year as harvest ends. It isa time for reflection and self-assessment for the communityand for individuals as well as a time for promoting universalpeace and well-being.

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International Dayfor the Eradicationof Poverty (UN)

Citizenship Weekbegins (Can) Persons' Day (Can) Birth of the Báb Simchat Torah

Citizenship Weekends (Can)

United Nations Day(UN)

DivaliDiwali Diwali Diwali Diwali

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Index of Holy Days

Significant Dates

Learning Disabilities Awareness MonthIslamic History Month (Can)Canadian Library MonthWomen's History Month (Can)Autism Awareness Month

Diwali (Sikh)* - October 26 - 29

International Day for the Eradicationof Poverty (UN) - October 17

Hallowe’en - October 31

*Most Sikh festival dates are now determined by theNanakshahi calendar, which gives fixed dates forholy days. Some significant dates are still fixedaccording to the solar calendar. These dates varyfrom year to year.

Navaratri (Hindu) - September 28 - October 6

Divali (Hindu) - October 26

Persons’ Day (Canada) - October 18

See September Index.

This festival of lights features lanterns, flowers, electriclights and oil lamps called Adiyas. Gifts are alsoexchanged.

Commemorates the date in 1829 when England’s PrivyCouncil decided that women were indeed persons andtherefore entitled to all the rights of persons under thelaw. This reversed the 1927 decision by Canada’sSupreme Court that the word “person” did not includewomen. It also created the opportunity for women to beappointed to the Canadian Senate.

Birth of the B b (Bah ' ) - October 20

Simchat Torah (Jewish) - October 21

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Simchat Torah marks the end of Succoth, a joyous occasionconcluding with the synagogue reading of the Torah(Pentateuch).

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Celebrates the release of Guru Hargobind fromimprisonment at Gwailor as well as the Festival of Light.

For more information, and resources related to this day,please refer to the on-line version of the calendaravailable at www.kprdsb.ca.

Stems from Celtic origins and marks a time when peoplebelieved spirits of the dead crossed over into the worldof the living for one night. Many people wear costumesand children visit homes in their neighbourhoods toreceive candy.

Hallowe'en

Thanksgiving DaySchools & BoardClosed

German PioneersDay (ON)

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World Teachers' Day(UN)Navaratri

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International Day ofNon-Violence (UN)Navaratri

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Birthday ofGuru NanakEid ul-Adha

RemembranceDay (Can)

Canadian Children’sBook Week beginsBirth of Bahá'u'lláh

Bullying AwarenessWeek begins

International Day ofTolerance (UN)

InternationalStudents' Day (UN)

Canadian Children'sBook Week endsBullying AwarenessWeek ends

Universal Children'sDay (UN)National Child Day(Can)

Martyrdom of GuruTegh Bahadur

ProfessionalActivity DayInternational Day for theElimination of ViolenceAgainst Women (UN)White RibbonCampaign begins (Can)Canadian AboriginalFestival begins Day of the Covenant

Al-HijiraCanadian AboriginalFestival ends

Index of Holy Days

Significant Dates

Arafat Day (Muslim) – November 5

Dussehra (Hindu) - November 6

Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh) - November 10

Birth of Bah 'u'll h (Bah ' ) - November 12

Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh) - November24 (Nanakshahi)

Bahá'í

Al-Hijira (Muslim) – November 27

Bahá'í

Also known as the Day of Hajj, Arafat Day marks theannual pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims areencouraged to complete at least once in their lifetime.

Dussehra continues from Navaratri festivities tocelebrate the triumph of good over evil. Honours theGoddess Druga.

Born in the 1400s, Guru Nanak was the founder ofSikhism.

Commemorates the birth of the founder of the Bah 'faith, Bah 'u'll h in 1817.

Bahadur became a martyr and hero in 1675 when hewas beheaded for refusing Islam at a time when it wasbeing enforced.

Bah 'í

The first of Muharram 1492, the Muslim New Year marksthe migration of the Prophet Mohammad and hisfollowers from Mecca to Medina.

Abdu'l-Bah

Bah 'í

Eid ul-Adha (Muslim) - November 7 - 10

Day of the Covenant ( ) - November 26

Ascension of Abdu'l-Bah ( ) - November 28

Canadian Aboriginal Festival - November 25 - 27

Celebrates the end of the Hajj or the holy pilgrimage toMecca, one of the five pillars of Islam, observed by allMuslims.

Commemorates Bah 'u'll h’s promise about the workthat his son and successor, Abdu'l-Bah , would do in thename of the faith.

was Bah 'u'll h's eldest son and successor,and was famed for his 1911-1913 teachings in Europeand America, which spread the message to thewestern world.

Observes Canada’s largest Aboriginal festival, anopportunity to share and learn about North America’sAboriginal Peoples.

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New Year’s EveKwanzaa

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International Dayof DisabledPersons (UN)

Bodhi Day

InternationalHuman Rights Day(UN)

InternationalMigrants' Day (UN)

International HumanSolidarity Day (UN)Chanukah

Winter SolsticeChanukah Chanukah Chanukah Chanukah

Christmas Day(Christian)Chanukah

Index of Holy Days

Bodhi Day (Buddhist) - December 8

Chanukah (Jewish) - December 20 - 28

International Day of Disabled Persons (UN) -December 3

International Human Rights Day (UN) - December 10

Date of Siddhartha Gautama’s realization andpresentation to fellow seekers of the Four Noble Truths.

Chanukah commemorates the victory of the Maccabeesover Hellenistic Greeks in the 2nd century before theCommon Era. This day established the principles ofreligious pluralism and acceptance of the rights ofreligious and ethnic minorities to live according totraditional ways in the context of a larger and dominantculture.



Christmas (Christian) - December 25

Kwanzaa (African-American) -December 26 - January 1

Honours the birth of Jesus Christ, who Christians believeis the Son of God.

A holiday based on the African tradition of celebratingthe harvesting of the first fruits (Kwanzaa means “first”).Kwanzaa was recreated and introduced in the U.S. byCalifornia college professor Dr. Maulana Karenga in1966. The celebration has now spread worldwide;Kwanzaa is celebrated by millions of people in Africa, theCarribean, Europe, and America.

Significant Dates

Boxing Day (Can)ChanukahKwanzaaSchools and BoardClosed

ChanukahKwanzaaSchools and BoardClosed

ChanukahKwanzaaSchools and BoardClosed

KwanzaaSchools and BoardClosed

KwanzaaSchools and BoardClosed

National Day ofRemembrance andAction on ViolenceAgainst Women(Can)White RibbonCampaign ends

World AIDS Day(UN)

International Day forthe Abolition ofSlavery (UN)

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Mahayana New Year Makar Sankrant

WorldReligion Day

Martin Luther KingJr. Day

Lunar New YearRobbie BurnsDay (Scotland)

Family Literacy Day(Can)InternationalDay ofCommemorationin Memory of theVictims of theHolocaust (UN)

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Significant Dates

International Year of Cooperatives (UN)International Year of Sustainable Energy for All (UN)

Kwanzaa (African-American) - December 26 -January 1

Lunar New Year - January 23

World Religion Day - January 15

Index of Holy Days

See December Index.

with special rituals, prayers, songs, food, and gatherings

Lunar New Year is celebrated among Chinese,Vietnamese, and Korean populations, as well as amongfollowers of Buddhism.


Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh) - January 5

Epiphany (Christian) - January 6

Christmas (Orthodox) - January 7

Mahayana New Year (Buddhist) - January 9 - 12

Makar Sankrant (Hindu) - January 14

World Religion Day (Bahá’i/Multifaith) - January 15

Guru Gobind Singh instituted the five items of faith wornby Sikhs - Kesh, Kanga, Kara, Kaccha, Kirpan - andestablished the Order of the Khalsa.

Originates from a Greek word meaning “to show”,signifies the time when Jesus was revealed to the world.

See December Index.

While Buddhists all over the world celebrate the NewYear at different times, Mahayana Buddhists observe it

on the first full moon day in January.

Makar Sankrant observes the first Hindu festival of thesolar calendar year.

World Religion Day was instituted by the Bahá’icommunity in 1950 to help foster interfaith understandingand harmony.

Mahayana New Year Mahayana New Year Mahayana New Year

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World Day forSocial Justice (UN)

Family Day (ON)All Schools ClosedHeritage Day (Can)Louis Riel DayMahashivratri

International MotherLanguage Day (UN)Shrove Tuesday

Ash WednesdayLent beginsLosar Losar Losar

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Significant Dates

Black History Month

Milad un Nabi (Muslim) - February 3

Shrove Tuesday (Christian) - February 21

Ash Wednesday (Christian) - February 22

Losar (Buddhist) - February 22 - 24

Black History Month

Valentines Day - February 14

World Day for Social Justice (UN) - February 20

Anti-Bullying Day (Can) - February 29

Index of Holy Days

A quiet festival marking Muhammad’s birth and death.

Marks a day of penitence, cleansing the soul, and a dayof celebration before the Lent fast begins.

Commemorates a day of penitence and cleansing as theLenten season begins, observing Christ’s forty day fastin the wilderness before his crucifixion.

Tibetan New Year lasts for three days. People visitmonasteries, make offerings, and put purification at theforefront of their appearance, feasts, and rituals to driveaway evil spirits.


People pronounce or reaffirm their love for someoneoften by sending cards or giving gifts.


The last Wednesday of February is known as Anti-Bullying Day in Canada. It's also known as "Pink ShirtDay". Originally started as a protest against a bullyingincident at a Nova Scotia high school (Central KingsRural High School). On this day participants are asked towear pink to symbolize a stand against bullying.Many also recognize the Day of Pink on April 11 in asimilar way.

Paranirvana/Nirvana Day (Buddhist) - February 8

Mahashivratri (Hindu) - February 20

This festival marks the Buddha's death, enlightenment,and freedom from physical existence. The day is markedby special readings, meditations about loss,impermanence, and the newly deceased, visitingtemples or monasteries, and exchanging food, money,household items, and clothes. It is celebrated by someon February 15th.

Celebrates Shiva, one of the deities of the Hindu Trinity.

Anti-Bullying Day/Pink Shirt Day (Can)

White Cane WeekbeginsInternationalDevelopment Weekbegins

Paranirvana/Nirvana Day

Groundhog Day

ProfessionalActivity DayMilad un Nabi

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InternationalWomen's Day (UN)HoliPurim

March BreakAll Schools ClosedHola MohallaHoliPurim

InternationalWomen’s Weekends (Can)

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International Day forthe Elimination ofRacial Discrimination(UN)

Week of Solidarity with thepeoples struggling againstracism & racialdiscrimination (UN) begins

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International Day ofRemembrance ofthe Victims ofSlavery and theTransatlantic SlaveTrade (UN)

Index of Holy Days

Lent Begins (Orthodox) - March 5

Purim (Jewish) - March 8 - 9

Holi (Hindu) - March 8 - 9

Hola Mohalla (Sikh Lunar) - March 9

Naw-Rúz (Bahá'í ) - March 21

St. Patrick’s Day - March 17

International Day for the Elimination of RacialDiscrimination (UN) - March 21

Earth Hour (Global) - March 31 (8:30 - 9:30 pm)

See February Index.

Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jewishcommunity, described in the Biblical Book of Esther.

Honours creation and renewal as a spring festivalassociated with Krishna.

Holla Mohalla is the first day of a three day festival ofmock battles, together with religious discussions anddevotional music. This day reflects the Hindu festival ofHoli.

The Bahá'í new year celebrates unity, joy, and hospitalitywith a feast of seven items beginning with the letter “s”(in Persian). A great deal of time is spent with a giftexchange and attending social gatherings.

Patron saint of Ireland credited by myths with bringingChristianity to Ireland and driving the snakes out ofIreland.


A global event asking households and businesses toconserve energy by turning off non-essential lights andelectrical appliances for one hour. This hour raisesawareness of the need to take action on climate change.

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Week of Solidarityends

ProfessionalActivity Day(Secondary only)

InternationalWomen’s Weekbegins (Can)

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VaisakhiPassover

Easter (Orthodox)National VolunteerWeek begins Equality Day (Can)

Birthday of GuruTegh Bahadur Yom Hashoah

National VolunteerWeek endsRidv ná

Earth Day (Can)

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AdministrativeProfessionals' DayRidv ná Ridván Ridv ná

Canada Book DayNational Day ofMourning forPersons Killed orInjured at Work(Can)Ridv ná

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Significant Dates

Earth Month (Can)

Index of Holy Days

Rama Navami (Hindu) - April 1

Palm Sunday (Christian) - April 1

Good/Holy Friday(Christian/Orthodox) - April 6 & 13

Theravada New Year (Buddhist) - April 6 - 8

Passover (Jewish) – April 7 - 14

Easter (Christian/Orthodox) - April 8 & 15

Vaisakhi (Sikh) - April 14

Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh) - April 18

Yom Hashoah (Jewish) - April 19

Ridván (Bahá'í) - April 21 - May 2

The Birth of Lord Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu and thehero of the Ramayana.

Marks the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and the start of theHoly Week

Good Friday/Holy Friday commemorates the crucifixion ofJesus Christ.

The New Year takes place on the first full moon in April forTheravada Buddhists. Themes of reflecting on one's karma,of purifying oneself, and hospitality are prevalent.

The start of the season of Passover commemorates theliberation of the Children of Israel who were led out of Egyptby Moses.

The most important Christian festival, Easter celebrates theresurrection of Jesus Christ.

Vaisakhi honours the Sikh New Year and the year thatSikhism became a collective faith with processions andhymns from the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book. It isalso spelled Baisakhi.

Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621 - 1675) was the ninth of the SikhGurus.

Yom Hashoah remembers the Holocaust and the six millionJewish people who perished. The anniversary of theWarsaw Ghetto uprising.

Ridván celebrates Bahá’u’lláh’s time in the garden of Ridvánand his announcement that he was the prophet promised bythe Báb. The most important Bahá’i festival.

Day of Pink (Can) - April 11

Equality Day (Can) - April 17

Earth Day (Can) - April 22

A day to raise awareness on diversity. A day to be openminded, accepting differences and respecting one another.

For more information, and resources related to this day,please refer to the on-line version of the calendar availableat www.kprdsb.ca.

For more information, and resources related to this day,please refer to the on-line version of the calendar availableat www.kprdsb.ca.

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Education WeekEnds (ON)

International Day ofFamilies (UN)

Anti-HomophobiaDay

HiawathaPow Wow

HiawathaPow Wow

Victoria Day (Can)Schools and BoardClosedWorld Day for CulturalDiversity for Dialogueand Development (UN)Aboriginal AwarenessWeek begins

International Day forBiological Diversity(UN)

Declaration ofthe Báb Ascension Day

Africa DayAboriginalAwarenessWeek ends

NationalAccessibilityAwareness Weekbegins (ON)

ShavuotPentecost

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Asian Heritage Month (ON)South Asian Heritage Month (ON)

Ridván (Bahá'í) - April 21 - May 2

Pentecost (Christian) - May 27

Index of Holy Days

See April Index.

Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spiritupon the disciples and the birth of the Christian Church.

Wesak/Buddha Day (Buddhist) - May 5

Hiawatha Pow Wow (First Nations) - May 19 - 20

Declaration of the Báb (Bahá'í) - May 23

Ascension Day (Christian/Orthodox) - May 24

Shavuot (Jewish) - May 27 - 28

Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í) - May 29

Anti-Homophobia Day - May 17

The most important Buddhist Festival, Wesak celebratesthe Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and death amongTheravada Buddhists.

A Pow Wow is a spiritual and social gathering. FirstNations peoples come together to celebrate and honourtraditions through drumming, singing, and dancing.

Starting two hours after sunset on the 22nd, the eventcelebrates the Báb's official declaration of his mission toprepare the world for God's messenger, Bahá'u'lláh.

Christians believe Christ ascended into heaven.Celebrated 40 days after Easter, Ascension marks thelast earthly appearance of Christ after His resurrection.

Marks the time when the first harvest was taken to theTemple. Also known as the Festival of Weeks.

Marks the ascension of Bahá’u’lláh, second founder ofBahá’i.

Also known as the International Day AgainstHomophobia, this day offers an opportunity for people toget together and reach out to one another. For moreinformation, and resources related to this day, pleaserefer to the on-line version of the calendar available atwww.kprdsb.ca.

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Portugal Day (Can)World Day AgainstChild Labour (UN)

Martyrdom of GuruArjan DevAlderville Pow Wow

Alderville Pow WowWorld RefugeeDay (UN)

National AboriginalDay (Can)

Summer Solstice

St-Jean BaptisteDay (PQ)

June is...

National Aboriginal History Month (Can)Portuguese History & Heritage Month (Can)Senior Citizens’ Month (ON)

Pride Month (Can)

Index of Holy Days

Significant Dates

Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh) - June 16

Alderville Pow Wow (First Nations) - June 16 - 17

Canadian Environment Week (Can) - June 3 - 9

National Aboriginal Day (Can) - June 21

St-Jean Baptiste Day (PQ) - June 24

Guru Arjan was the fifth Sikh Guru and the first Sikhmartyr. He compiled all the past Gurus’ writings into onebook, now the Sikh holy scripture, the Guru GranthSahib.

A Pow Wow is a spiritual and social gathering. FirstNations peoples come together to celebrate and honourtraditions through drumming, singing, and dancing. Visit:www.aldervillefirstnation.ca to confirm dates.


Celebrates Inuit, Métis, and First Nations’ cultures andheritage, coincides with the summer solstice as a time toreflect on future growth. For more information, andresources related to this day, please refer to the on-lineversion of the calendar available at www.kprdsb.ca.

The patron saint of French Canada and the distinctnature of French Canadian culture are celebrated withlively parades and parties.

A celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual andtransgendered (LGBT) lifestyles and communities.

International Day inSupport of Victims ofTorture (UN)

Multiculturalism Day(Can)

Last InstructionalDay

ProfessionalActivity DayNon-InstructionalDay

International Day ofInnocent ChildrenVictims ofAggression (UN)

World EnvironmentDay (UN)

National HungerAwareness Day(Can)

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Commemoration ofthe Great Upheaval(Can)Ramadan

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Dharma Day (Buddhist) - July 3

Martyrdom of the Báb (Bahá'í ) - July 9

Ramadan (Muslim) - July 20 - August 18

Canada Day (Can) - July 1

Dharma Day marks the beginning of the Buddha'steaching and enlightenment. Dharma day is observed asthe start of the Buddhist religion. A day of gratitudetowards the Buddha and other enlightened teachers; thefestival is celebrated with reflection and readings fromBuddhist scriptures.

This day honours the anniversary of the Báb’s executionin 1850.

Ramadan is a period of self-purification and betterment.For one month, Muslims fast daily, from dawn untilsunset. Gaining self-control and contributing to charityare central features.

Marks the anniversary of the formation of the union ofthe provinces in a federation. It is celebrated across thecountry.

Commemoration of the Great Upheaval(Can) - July 28This day recognizes the historic facts surrounding thedeportation of the Acadians between 1755 and 1763.

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International Day ofthe World’sIndigenous People(UN)Ramadan

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Ramadan (Muslim) - July 20 - August 18

Krishna Jayanti/Janmashtami (Hindu) - August 10

Laylat al-Qadr (Muslim) - August 15

Eid ul-Fitr (Muslim) - August 19

Hiroshima Day (UN) - August 6

Ramadan is a period of self-purification and betterment.For one month, Muslims fast daily, from dawn untilsunset. Gaining self-control and contributing to charityare central features.

This festival marks the birth of Krishna, the mostvenerated God in Hinduism.

Also known as the Night of Power, marks the night onwhich the Qur’an was first revealed to the ProphetMuhammad by Allah.

Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan. The Festival ofBreaking the Fast is a time of great celebration.

On August 6, 1964 the first atomic bomb was droppedon the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Today, peoplerecognize this event with special vigils and marches forpeace.

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Civic Day (ON)Hiroshima Day (UN)Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan

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International YouthDay (UN)Ramadan

World HumanitarianDay (UN)Eid ul-Fitr

International Day forthe Remembrance ofthe Slave Trade andits Abolition (UN)



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International Day ofDemocracy (UN)

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Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) - September 17 - 18

Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu) - September 19

Curve Lake Pow Wow (First Nations) -September 22 - 23

Rosh Hashanah celebrates New Year as harvest ends.It is a time for reflection and self-assessment for thecommunity and for individuals as well as a time forpromoting universal peace and well- being.

This is a celebration of the birth of Lord Ganesh, theelephant-headed God known as the Remover ofObstacles.

A Pow Wow is a spiritual and social gathering. FirstNations peoples come together to celebrate and honourtraditions through drumming, singing, and dancing.

Significant Dates

International Day of Peace (UN) - September 21For more information, and resources related to this day,please refer to the on-line version of the calendaravailable at www.kprdsb.ca.

Autumn Equinox

Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Ganesh ChaturthiInternational Dayof Peace (UN)

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