Days of Cultural or Religious Significance in August 2010

(see http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/ for more information)

Christian

Lammas

Fast in honour of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus (Orthodox)

Transfiguration of the Lord (Orthodox)

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Catholic)

Dormition of the Theotokos (Orthodox)

Beheading of John the Baptist

Hindu

Raksha Bandhan

Islam

Ramadan begins

Wicca

Lughnassad (Lammas)

August 2

Civic Holiday (also called Simcoe Day in Toronto)

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/civic-provincial-day

http://toronto.about.com/od/eventsattractions/a/simcoedayevents.htm

August 2

Oakville Art Society’s 45^th Annual Art in the Park

http://www.oakvilleartsociety.com/AiP_2010.html

August 9

International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/indigenous/

August 12

International Youth Day (World Program of Action for Youth to
 the Year 2000 and Beyond)

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/iyouthday.htm

August 14 - 15

Burlington Children’s Festival

http://cms.burlington.ca/Page512.aspx

Days of Cultural or Religious Significance in September 2010

(see http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/ for more information)

Christian

Ecclesiastical Year begins (Orthodox)

Nativity of Mary

Holy Cross Day

Michael and All Angels

Hindu

Krishna Janmashtami

Ganesa Chaturthi

Islam

Laylat al Kadr

Eid al Fitr

Jain

Paryushana

Jewish

Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kippur

Sukkot

Shemini Atzeret

Wicca

Mabon

Ostara

Breakfast for Learning Month

http://www.breakfastforlearning.ca/index.php

Fall Fairs

Sept. 10 - 12     Georgetown Fall Fair

http://www.georgetownfallfair.ca/

Sept. 16 - 19     Brampton Fall Fair

http://www.bramptonfair.com/

History of the Brampton Fall Fair

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brampton_Fall_Fair

Sept. 17 - 19     Acton Fall Fair

http://www.actonfair.ca/

Sept. 18             Doors Open Mississauga

http://www.doorsopenontario.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_11269_1.html

Sept. 24 - 26     Bolton Fall Fair

http://www.boltonfair.ca/fair.htm

Sept. 24 - 26     Milton Fall Fair

http://www.miltonfair.com/section/view/?page=2

Sept. 25 - 26      Doors Open Oakville
http://www.doorsopenontario.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_11321_1.html

Sept. 26            Applefest Fall Fair (Ireland House, Burlington) 

http://www.museumsofburlington.com/events/5-applefest-fall-fair--
september-26-2010

September 6   

Labour Day  -  the holiday that Canada gave the world

http://www.nupge.ca/news_2008/n27au08a.htm

History of Labour Day      

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/09/04/f-labour-day-canadian-workforce.html     

September  
8

International Literacy Day          

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/literacy/index.html

September 12

Grandparents Day 

http://www.legacyproject.org/kits/acrossgen.html 

September 16

“Ozone Day”

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/sciences/ozone_layer.asp

September 19

Terry Fox Run   

https://www.terryfox.org/Run/index.html

September 21

International Day of Peace

http://internationaldayofpeace.org/

September 23

First Day of Autumn                                                                                         

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumnal_equinox

September 26

National Police and Peace Officers’ Day 

http://cacp.ca/Memoriam/english/history.htm

Halton Regional Police Service

http://www.hrps.on.ca/

Peel Regional Police

http://www.peelpolice.on.ca/

Ontario Provincial Police

http://www.opp.ca/ecms/index.php

Days of Cultural or Religious Significance in October 2010

(see http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/ for more information)

Baha’i

Birth of the Báb

Christian

St Francis Day (Catholic)

All Hallows Eve

Reformation Day

Hindu

Navaratri

Dasera

Jewish

Simchat Torah

Interfaith

Thanksgiving

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

http://www.cancer.ca/Ontario/About%20us/OD-Mark%20your%20calendar/October%20is%20Breast%20Cancer
%20Awareness%20Month.aspx?sc_lang=en

Canadian Library Month  /  Ontario Public Library Week

http://www.cla.ca/clm10/

Car Safety Month

http://www.aiacanada.com/document.cfm?smocid=1388

Child Abuse Awareness Month

http://www.oacas.org/childwelfare/signs.htm

Health Literacy Month

http://www.ccl-cca.ca/pdfs/HealthLiteracy/HealthLiteracyinCanada.pdf

Healthy Workplace Month

http://www.healthyworkplacemonth.ca/

Islamic History Month

http://www.islamichistorymonth.com/

Learning Disabilities Awareness Month

http://www.ldao.ca/aboutLDs/article_full.php?id=096

National Flu Prevention Awareness Month

http://www.lung.ca/diseases-maladies/a-z/flu-grippe/index_e.php

Women’s History Month 

October 1

International Day of Older Persons

http://www.seniors.gc.ca/h.4m.2@.jsp?lang=eng

October
3 - 9

Fire Prevention Week             
Theme for 2010:  Smoke Alarms: a sound you can live with

http://www.fiprecan.ca/index.php?section=2

Fire Escape Planning

http://www.stayingalive.ca/home_escape_plan.html

October
3  -  9

Mental Illness Awareness Week

http://www.miaw-ssmm.ca/en/default.aspx

October 4

World Habitat Day

http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=588

October
4 - 10

National Family Week

http://www.frp.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId
=596&parentID=474

October 5

World Teachers’ Day

http://www.campaignforeducation.org/en/news/gces-member-news/54

October 10

World Mental Health Day

http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?k=MHEALTH
_BASIC&faq_id=4001307

http://www.wfmh.org/09world_mental_health_day_2009.htm

October 11

Thanksgiving Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)

October 16

World Food Day                Theme for 2010:  United Against Hunger

http://www.feedingminds.org/info/info_vision.htm

World Food Day Kit from Oxfam Canada (discussion questions,
games and brain teasers)

http://www.oxfam.ca/what-we-do/campaigns/world-food-day/WFD-ACTIVITIES.pdf

October 17

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 

Theme for 2010:  From poverty to decent work: bridging the gap
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/intldays/IntlDay/2010.html

October
17 - 23

YWCA Week Without Violence

http://ywcacanada.ca/en/pages/wwv

October
17 - 23

National School Safety Week, 2009 Theme: “No Nuts Please”

http://safety-council.org/campaigns/national-school-safety-week-2009/

October
17 - 23

Ontario Public Library Week

http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/library/oplweek.htm

October
18

Persons Day   -  commemorating the 1929 Persons Case, in which
Canadian women were first recognized as persons under the law

http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/dates/gg/case-affaire-eng.html

October
18 – 24

Citizenship Week 

http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/celebrate/citweek.asp

Discover Canada:  your Canadian citizenship study guide

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/pub/discover.pdf

October
18 – 24

Waste Reduction Week

http://www.wrwcanada.com/

Burlington

http://cms.burlington.ca/Page361.aspx 

Halton Region E-Waste Amnesty Week

http://www.halton.ca/cms/one.aspx?portalId=8310&pageId=36011  

Region of Peel Waste Management  -  tours during Waste
Reduction Week

http://www.region.peel.on.ca/pw/waste/facilities/piwmf.htm

October 24

United Nations Day

http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/un_days/un_day1.asp

Disarmament Week – begins October 24^th
(in conjunction w/ United Nations Day)

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/disarmament/index.html

October 31

Halloween

http://people.howstuffworks.com/halloween.htm