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Peel/Halton Language Teachers' Resource Centre
The Peel/Halton Language Teachers' Resource Centre is a lending library open to all language instructors employed by CIC funded language training provider organizations that are members of the Peel and Halton Language Training Partnerships.
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Calendar
In this space, we highlight selected cultural, political, and commemorative dates and upcoming events that may be of interest, relevant to the LINC Curriculum.
Three months are included: the current month and, to help with your long-range planning, the following two months.
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Last
calendar update: January 23, 2011.
January 2012
Baha’i World Religion Day
Buddhism Mahayana New Year Lunar New Year
Christian Twelfth Night Epiphany Día de Los Reyes (Hispanic Christian) Nativity of Christ (Orthodox) Blessing of the Animals (Hispanic Christian)
Confucian Lunar New Year
Daoist Lunar New Year Hindu Vasant Panchami
Shinto Gantan-sai (New Year)
Sikh Guru Gobindh Singh birthday Maghi
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Crime Stoppers Month http://www.ontariocrimestoppers.com/
Crime Stoppers of Halton http://www.haltoncrimestoppers.com/
Peel Region Crime Stoppers http://www.peelpolice.on.ca/Crime%20Stoppers.aspx
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January 1 |
New Year’s Day http://www.infoplease.com/spot/newyearcelebrations.html
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January 15 - 21 |
National Non-Smoking Week
Theme for 2012: (Not yet available)
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January 18 |
Weedless Wednesday http://nnsw.ca/events/weedless-wednesday?searchterm=weedless
Coping with Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/
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January 23
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Lunar New Year
Chinese
Korean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_culture#Festivals_
Vietnamese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%AAt
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January 27 |
http://abclifeliteracy.ca/family-literacy-day
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| January 23 | Lunar New Year
Chinese http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA
Korean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_culture#
Vietnamese |
February 2012
Days of Cultural or Religious Significance in February 2011 (see http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/ for more information)
Baha’i Intercalary Days
Buddhism Nirvana Day
Christian Candlemas Presentation of Christ in the Temple Triodion begins (Orthodox) Meatfare Sunday (Orthodox) Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday
Hindu Maha Shavartri
Islam Mawlid an Nabi
Jain Nirvana Day
Judaism Tu Bishvat
Shinto Setsubun-sai
Wicca Imbolc - Lughnassad
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Black History Month http://blackhistorycanada.ca/teachers.php?id=0
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Heart Health Month http://heartmonth.heartandstroke.ca/site/c.jhLOKYPDLqF/
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Feb. 2 |
Groundhog Day http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groundhogday/
http://www.michellehenry.fr/ground.htm
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Feb. 4 |
World Cancer Day http://www.worldcancerday.org/
Canadian Cancer Society http://www.cancer.ca/Ontario.aspx?sc_lang=en
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Feb. 5 – 11 |
Eating Disorder Awareness Week http://www.nedic.ca/whatsnew/nedic.shtml
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Feb. 5 – 11 |
International Development Week http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/IDW
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Feb. 14 |
Valentine’s Day
History http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/
Traditions http://people.howstuffworks.com/valentine.htm/printable
Activities http://www.eslflow.com/relationships.html
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Feb. 15 |
National Flag of Canada Day http://www.pch.gc.ca/special/flag-drapeau/index_e.cfm
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Feb. 20 |
Family Day (Ontario) http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/faqs/family.php (FAQs)
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Feb. 20 |
Heritage Day http://www.heritagecanada.org/eng/h_day.html
Peel Heritage Complex (Brampton) reopens 2012 http://www.region.peel.on.ca/heritage/index.htm
Halton Region Museum (Kelso Conservation Area) http://www.halton.ca/discovering_halton/
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Feb. 21 |
International Mother Language Day
Endangered Languages http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00136
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Feb. 20 – 27 |
Mississauga Sports Week http://www1.sportsmississauga.org/web/guest/events/sports_week
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March 2012
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