News

•  2^nd; World Autism Awareness Day
• 7^th; World Health Day
• 13th; FND Awareness Day
• 16^th; Advanced Care Planning Day
• 17^th; World Hemophilia Day
• 28^th; National Day of Mourning
• 4^th to 10^th; National Dental Hygienists Week
• 14^th to 20^th; National Medical Laboratory Week
• 15^th to 21^st; World Osteopathic Healthcare Week
• 18^th to 24^th; National Organ and Tissue Awareness Week
• 21^st to 27^th; Canadian Fertility Awareness Week
• 22^nd to 29^th; World Primary Immunodeficiency Week
• 23^rd to 30^th; National Immunization Awareness Week
• All month is IBS Awareness Month
• All month is National Oral Health Month
• All month is Parkinson Awareness Month
• All month is Rosacea Awareness Month

• 3^rd, World Hearing Day
• 4^th; World Obesity Day
• 6^th; World Lymphedema Day
• 8^th; International Women’s Day
• 15^th; World Sleep Day
• 21^st; World Down Syndrome Day
• 22^nd; World Water Day
• 24^th; World Tuberculosis Day
• 26^th; Purple Day
• 3^rd to 9^th; Dental Assistants Recognition Week
• 10^th to 16^th; World Glaucoma Week
• 11^th to 15^th; Safe Sleep Week
• 11^th to 17^th; Brain Awareness Week
• 13^th to 19^th; Neurodiversity Celebration Week
• 16^th to 22^nd; Creative Arts Therapy Week
• 17^th to 23^rd; National Poison Prevention Week
• March is 5 Days for the Homeless Month
• All month is Brain Health Awareness Month
• All month is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Epilepsy Awareness Month
• All month is Liver Health Month
• All month is Music Therapy Awareness Month
• All month is Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month
• All month is National Social Work Month
• All month is NMO (neuromyelitis optica) Awareness Month
• All month is Nutrition Month
• All month is (PAM) Pharmacy Appreciation Month

• 2^nd; National Groundhog Day
• 4^th; World Cancer Day
• 10^th; Lunar New Year of the Dragon
• 13^th; Wear Red Day, to recognize heart disease in women
• 14th; Valentine’s Day, be sure to hug your honey!
• 15^th; International Childhood Cancer Day
• 19^th; Family Day, no classes are held
• 21^st; Mental Health Nurses Day
• 28^th; Pink Shirt Day
• 29^th; Rare Disease Day
• 5^th to 10^th; White Cane Week
• 7^th to 14^th; Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week
• 12^th to 16^th; Sexual Health Week
• 28^th to March ^5th; Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• All month is Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month
• All month is Concussions and CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) Awareness Month
• All month is Heart Month
• All month is Preventive Health Awareness Month
• All month is Psychology Month
• All month is Recreation Therapy Month
• All month is Celebration of Chocolate Month!

• 1^st; Happy 2024!  Wishing you good health, only happiness, and prosperity throughout this New Year
• 4^th; World Braille Day
• 7^th; Orthodox Christmas Day
• 12^th; National Pharmacist’s Day
• 14^th; Orthodox New Year’s Day
• 15^th; Martin Luther King Day
• 24^th, Weedless Wednesday
• 24^th; Bell Let’s Talk Day
• 25^th; Robbie Burns Day
• 28^th; World Leprosy Day
• 21^st – 27^th is National Non-Smoking Week
• All month is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
• All month is Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month

• 1^st; World AIDS Day
• 2^nd; Women’s Brain Health Day
• 3^rd; International Day of Persons With Disabilities
• 6^th; National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
• 10^th; Human Rights Day
• 17^th; Anti-Bullying Day
• 21^st; last day of classes for 2023
• 25^th; Christmas Day; and a Merry Christmas to all!
• 31^st; New Year’s Eve, Happy New Year and stay safe!

• 10^th; World Neuroendocrine Cancer Day
• 12^th; World Pneumonia Day
• 14^th; World Diabetes Day
• 17^th; World Prematurity Day
• 19^th; World Enteropathic Arthritis Awareness Day
• 20^th; National Child Day
• 25^th; International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• 30^th; Stomach Cancer Awareness Day
• 5^th to 11^th; National Pain Awareness Week
• 12^th to 18^th; National Nurse Practitioner Week
• 18^th to 24^th; World Antibiotic Awareness Week
• 20^th to 26^th; National Kinesiology Week
• All month is Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month
• All month is Eczema Awareness Month
• All month is Fall Prevention Month
• All month is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Movember

• 6^th; World Cerebral Palsy Day
• 9^th; World PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day
• 9^th; Canadian Thanksgiving Day
• 10^th; World Mental Health Day
• 10^th; World Sight Day
• 12^th; World Arthritis Day
• 13^th; World Thrombosis Day
• 14^th; World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
• 15^th; Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
• 16^th; World Spine Day
• 17^th; National Pharmacy Technicians Day
• 19^th; National Psoriatic Arthritis Day
• 19^th; Purple Thursday
• 22^nd; International Stuttering Awareness Day
• 24^th; Brain Cancer Awareness Day
• 26^th; World Amyloidosis Day
• 29^th; World Psoriasis Day
• 15^th to 21^st; Invisible Disabilities Week
• 22^nd to 28^th; Canadian Intensive Care Week
• 22^nd to 28^th; Respiratory Therapy Week
• All month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Children’s Vision Month
• All month is Mark It Read for Dyslexia Awareness Month
• All month is Occupational Therapy Month
• All month is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
• All month is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month

• 4^th; National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day
• 7^th; World Duchenne Day
• 9^th; World First Aid Day
• 9^th; International FASD Awareness Day
• 10^th; World Suicide Prevention Day
• 13^th; World Sepsis Day
• 15^th; Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day
• 17^th; Terry Fox Run
• 28^th; World Rabies Day
• 29^th; Sport Purple for Platelets Day
• 5^th to 12^th; Fibromyalgia Awareness Week
• 14^th to 15^th; World Conference on Women Health, Science and Care
• All month is Acne Awareness Month
• All month is Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Craniofacial Acceptance Month
• All month is Duchenne Awareness Month
• All month is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)  Awareness Month
• All month is Inherited Retinal Disease Awareness Month
• All month is International Pain Awareness Month
• All month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
• All month is Sickle Cell Awareness Month
• All month is World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

• 7^th; World PVNH Disorder Awareness Day
• 12^th; International Youth Day
• 19^th; World Humanitarian Day
• 31^st; International Overdose Awareness Day
• Gastroparesis Awareness Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

• 1^st; Happy Canada Day!  For the holiday My Source is closed both July 1st and July 3rd so no classes are held.  Enjoy your long weekend!
• 5^th; National Injury Prevention Day
• 17^th; Gliobastoma Awareness Day
• 21^st; Uterine Fibroid Awareness Day
• 24^th; International Self Care Day
• 28^th; World Hepatitis Day

• 1^st; Intergenerational Day Canada
• 4^th; National Health and Fitness Day
• 5^th; World Environment Day
• 10^th; Action Anxiety Day
• 15^th; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 19^th; World Sickle Cell Day
• 26^th; International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• 26^th; National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day
• 27^th; PTSD Awareness Day
• 29^th; World Scleroderma Awareness Day
• 4^th to 11^th; Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week
• All month is ALS Awareness Month
• All month is Brain Injury Awareness Month
• All month is Canadian Men’s Health Month
• All month is Cataract Awareness Month
• All month is Migraine Awareness Month
• All month is Parks and Recreation Month

• 1^st; National Physicians Day
• 5^th; World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
• 7^th; National Child & Youth Mental Health Day
• 8^th; Check Your Skin Day
• 8^th; World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
• 8^th; World Ovarian Cancer Day
• 10^th; World Lupus Day
• 11^th; Canadian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Day
• 12^th; Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
• 12^th; Int’l Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases
• 12^th; International Nurses Day
• 14^th; Apraxia Awareness Day
• 17^th; World Hypertension Day
• 24^th; World Schizophrenia and Psychosis Day
• 30^th; National Reflexology Day
• 30^th; World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day
• 31^st; World No Tobacco Day
• 1^st to 7^th; Mental Health Week
• 1^st to 7^th; National Heart Failure Awareness Week
• 15^th to 21^st; Naturopathic Medicine Week
• All month is Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Month
• All month is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Brain Tumour Awareness Month
• All month is Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• All month is Cystic Fibrosis Month
• All month is Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
• All month is Hypertension Awareness Month
• All month is Huntington Disease Awareness Month
• All month is Lupus Awareness Month
• All month is MedicAlert Month
• All month is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month
• All month is National Physiotherapy Month
• All month is National Sun Awareness Month
• All month is Sexual Violence Prevention Month
• All month is Speech & Hearing Month
• All month is Vision Health Month

• 2^nd; World Autism Awareness Day
• 7^th; Green Shirt Day
• 7^th; World Health Day
• 13^th; FND Awareness Day
• 17^th; World Hemophilia Day
• 28^th; National Day of Mourning
• 4^th to 10^th; National Dental Hygienists Week
• 9^th to 15^th; National Medical Laboratory Week
• 18^th to 24^th; National Organ and Tissue Awareness Week
• 23^rd to 30^th; National Immunization Awareness Week
• All month is IBS Awareness Month
• All month is National Oral Health Month
• All month is Parkinson Awareness Month
• All month is Rosacea Awareness Month

• 4^th; World Obesity Day
• 6^th; World Lymphedema Day
• 8^th; International Women’s Day
• 17^th; World Sleep Day
• 21^st; World Down Syndrome Day
• 22^nd; World Water Day
• 24^th, World Tuberculosis Day
• 26^th; Purple Day
• 12^th to 18^th; World Glaucoma Week
• 13^th to 17^th; Safe Sleep Week
• 13^th to 19^th; Creative Arts Therapy Week
• 13^th to 19^th; Brain Awareness Week
• 13^th to 19^th; Neurodiversity Celebration Week
• 19^th to 25^th; National Poison Prevention Week
• All month is 5 Days for the Homeless Month
• All month is Brain Health Awareness Month
• All month is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Liver Health Month
• All month is Music Therapy Awareness Month
• All month is Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month
• All month is National Social Work Month
• All month is Nutrition Month

• 2^nd; Groundhog Day
• 4^th; World Cancer Day
• 13^th; Wear Red Canada; to raise awareness about women’s heart health
• 15^th; International Childhood Cancer Day
• 20^th; Family Day
• 22^nd; Pink Shirt Day
• 28^th; Rare Disease Day
• 1^st to 7^th; White Cane Week
• 7^th to 14^th; Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week
• 20^th to 26^th; National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• All month is the Celebration of Chocolate Month
• All month is Heart Month
• All month is Psychology Month
• All month is Recreation Therapy Month

• 1^st; Happy New Year!  May it be a healthy, happy New Year for us all!
• 4^th; World Braille Day
• 7^th; Orthodox Christmas
• 12^th; National Pharmacists’ Day
• 14^th; Orthodox New Year’s Day
• 16^th; Martin Luther King Day
• 18^th; Weedless Wednesday
• 25^th; Robbie Burns Day
• 25^th; Bell Let’s Talk Day
• 29^th; World Leprosy Day
• 17^th to 23^rd; National Non-smoking Week

• 1^st; World AIDS Day
• 2^nd; Women’s Brain Health Day
• 5^th; last day of classes for 2022.  Classes resume Jan 5th, 2023.
• 6^th; National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
• 10^th; Human Rights Day
• 17^th; Anti-Bullying Day
• 25^th; Christmas Day!  Happy holidays ~ stay well.
• 31^st; New Year’s Eve; wishing you peace and happiness throughout the New Year

November

• 7^th; International Day of Medical Physics
• 12^th; World Pneumonia Day
• 14^th; World Diabetes Day
• 17^th; World Prematurity Day
• 19^th; National Enteropathic Arthritis Awareness Day
• 25^th; International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• 30^th; Stomach Cancer Awareness Day
• 6^th to 12^th; National Pain Awareness Week
• 7^th to 13^th; Medical Radiation Technologist (MRT) Week
• 18^th to 24^th; World Antibiotic Awareness Week
• 20^th to 26^th; National Addictions Awareness Week
• 29^th to Dec 5^th; Digital Health Week
• All month is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Osteoporosis Month
• All month is Movember
• All month is Fall Prevention Month
• All month is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• All month is Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month
• All month is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month

• 6^th; World Cerebral Palsy Day
• 10^th; World Mental Health Day
• 10^th; World Sight Day
• 12^th; World Arthritis Day
• 13^th; World Thrombosis Day
• 16^th; World Spine Day
• 17^th to 23^rd; Workplace Bullying Awareness Week
• 18^th; National Pharmacy Technicians Day
• 18^th to 24^th; Invisible Disabilities Week
• 19^th; National Psoriatic Arthritis Day
• 22^nd; International Stuttering Awareness Day
• 24^th; Brain Cancer Awareness Day
• 24^th to 28^th; Canadian Patient Safety Week
• 24^th to 30^th; Respiratory Therapy Week
• 26^th; World Amyloidosis Day
• 27^th to 30^th; Canadian Intensive Care Week
• 29^th; World Psoriasis Day
• 31^st; Happy Halloween!  Watch out for the little ones when driving!
• All month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Children’s Vision Month
• All month is Occupational Therapy Month
• All month is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month

• 1^st; classes resume!
• 4^th; National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day
• 8^th; World First Aid Day
• 9^th; International FASD Awareness Day
• 10^th; World Suicide Prevention Day
• 13^th; World Sepsis Day
• 15^th; Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day
• 16^th & 17^th; World Conference on Women Health Science and Care
• 18^th; Terry Fox Run
• 24^th & 25^th; Sport Purple for Platelets
• 28^th; World Rabies Day
• 4^th to 11^th; all week is Fibromyalgia Awareness Week
• 11^th to 17^th; all week is Living Donation Week
• 26^th to Oct 2^nd; all week is Environmental Public Health Week
• All month is Acne Awareness Month
• All month is Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Craniofacial Acceptance Month
• All month is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month
• All month is Inherited Retinal Disease Awareness Month
• All month is International Pain Awareness Month
• All month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Sickle Cell Awareness Month
• All month is World Alzheimer’s Month

• 1^st; BC Day, enjoy your long weekend!
• 12^_th; International Youth Day
• 19^th; World Humanitarian Day
• 31^st; International Overdose Awareness Day
• All month is Gastroparesis Awareness Month
• All month is Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
• My Source is closed for the month of August so no classes are being held.  Enjoy your summer!

• 5^th; National Injury Prevention Day
• 9^th & 10^th; International Conference on Microfluidics & Bio-Mems
• 17^th; Gliobastoma Awareness Day
• 24^th; International Self-Care Day
• 28^th; World Hepatitis Day

• 1^st; Intergenerational Day Canada
• 5^th; World Environment Day
• 5^th; Health & Fitness Day
• 9^th; National Meditation Day
• 10^th; Action Anxiety Day
• 15^th; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 19^th; World Sickle Cell Day
• 21^st; Global ALS Awareness Day
• 26^th; International Day Against Drug Use & Illicit Trafficking
• 26^th; National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day
• 27^th; PTSD Awareness Day
• 29^th; Brain Injury Awareness Day
• 29^th; World Scleroderma Day
• 6^th to 13^th; National Cerebrospinal Leak Awareness Week
• All month is Canadian Men’s Health Month
• All month is Cataract Awareness Month
• All month is Stroke Awareness Month
• All month is Thyroid Awareness Month

• 1^st; National Physicians’ Day
• 3^rd; World Press Freedom Day
• 5^th; World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
• 8^th; Check your skin day
• 8^th; World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
• 8^th; World Ovarian Cancer Day
• 8^th; Mother’s Day!
• 10^th; World Lupus Day
• 14^th; Apraxia Awareness Day
• 17^th; World Hypertension Day
• 24^th; World Schizophrenia & Psychosis Day
• 30^th; World Multiple Sclerosis Day
• 31^st; World No Tobacco Day
• 3^rd to 9^th; Mental Health Week
• 10^th to 16^th; National Nursing Week
• 16^th to 17^th; World Congress on Healthcare and Hospital Management
• All month is Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Month
• All month is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Brain Tumour Awareness Month
• All month is Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• All month is Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
• All month is Hypertension Awareness Month
• All month is MedicAlert Awareness Month
• All month is Melanoma & Skin Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is MS Awareness Month
• All month is National Physiotherapy Month
• All month (2^nd to 29^th) is National Sun Awareness Month
• All month is Speech and Hearing Month
• All month is Vision Health Month

• 2^nd; World Autism Awareness Day
• 7^th; Green Shirt Day
• 7^th; World Health Day
• 13^th; FND Awareness Day
• 15^th; Good Friday
• 16^th; Advance Care Planning Day
• 17^th; Easter Sunday
• 17^th; World Hemophilia Day
• 18^th; Easter Monday, no classes are held
• 22^nd; Earth Day
• 28^th; National Day of Mourning
• 4^th to 10^th; National Dental Hygienists Week
• 11^th to 17^th; National Medical Laboratory Week
• 14^th & 15^th; World Congress on Cardiac Nursing & Cardiology
• 18^th to 24^th; Canadian Infertility Awareness Week
• 18^th to 24^th; National Organ & Tissue Awareness Week
• 24^th to 30^th; National Immunization Awareness Week
• 26th to 30th; International Medical Physics Week
• All month is IBS Awareness Month
• All month is National Oral Health Month
• All month is Roseacea Awareness Month

• 4^th; World Obesity Day
• 6^th, World Lymphedema Day
• 8^th, International Women’s Day
• 17^th; St. Patrick’s Day, may good luck always be with you!
• 19^th; World Sleep Day
• 21^st; World Down Syndrome Day
• 22^nd, World Water Day
• 24^th; World Tuberculosis Day
• 26^th, Purple Day
• 7^th to 13^th; World Glaucoma Week
• 15^th to 21^st; Brain Awareness Week
• 21^st to 27^th; National Poison Prevention Week
• All month is 5 Days for the Homeless Month
• All month is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Liver Health Awareness Month
• All month is Music Therapy Awareness Month
• All month is Nutrition Month

• 2^nd; National Groundhog Day
• 4^th; World Cancer Day
• 4^th; Lunar New Year of the Water Tiger
• 14^th; Valentine’s Day, be sure to hug your sweetie!
• 15^th; International Childhood Cancer Day
• 21^st, Family Day
• 23^rd; Pink Shirt Day
• 28^th; Rare Disease Day
• 1^st to 7^th; Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• 6^th to 12^th; White Cane Week
• Celebration of Chocolate Month
• Heart Month
• Psychology Month
• Recreation Therapy Month

• 1^st; Happy New Year!  May it be a healthy, happy and peaceful year for us all
• 4^th; World Braille Day
• 7^th; Orthodox Christmas
• 12^th; National Pharmacists Day
• 14^th; Orthodox New Year’s Day
• 17^th; Martin Luther King Day
• 22^nd; Weedless Wednesday
• 25^th; Robbie Burns Day
• 26^th; Bell Let’s Talk Day
• 30^th; World Leprosy Day
• 15^th to 21^st; National Non-smoking Week

• 1^st; World Aids Day
• 2^nd; Women’s Brain Health Day
• 6^th; National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
• 10^th; Human Rights Day
• 17^th; Anti-Bullying Day
• 20^th, last day of classes for 2021
• 25^th; Merry Christmas!
• 26^th; Boxing Day
• 31^st; New Year’s Eve – be safe and stay well as you celebrate

• 7^th; International Day of Medical Physics
• 11^th; Remembrance Day, Lest We Forget, no classes are held
• 12^th; World Pneumonia Day
• 14^th; World Diabetes Day
• 17^th; World Prematurity Day
• 19^_th; National Enteropathic Arthritis Awareness Day
• 20^th; National Child Day
• 25^th; International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• 30^th; Stomach Cancer Awareness Day
• 7^th to 13^th, Medical Radiation Technologist (MRT) Week
• 18^th to 24^th; World Antibiotic Awareness Week
• All month is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Osteoporosis Month
• All month is Movember
• All month is Fall Prevention Month
• All month is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• All month is Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month

• 6^th; World Cerebral Palsy Day
• 10^th; World Mental Health Day
• 10^th; World Sight Day
• 11^th; Thanksgiving Holiday, no classes are held
• 12^th; World Arthritis Day
• 13^th; World Thrombosis Day
• 16^th; World Spine Day
• 19^th; National Psoriatic Arthritis Day
• 22^nd; International Stuttering Awareness Day
• 24^th; Brain Cancer Awareness Day
• 29^th; World Psoriasis Day
• 17^th to 23^rd; Workplace Bullying Awareness Week
• 18^th to 24^th; Invisible Disabilities Week
• 24^th to 30^th; Respiratory Therapy Week
• 27^th to 30^th; Canadian Intensive Care Week
• All month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Children’s Vision Month
• All month is Occupational Therapy Month
• All month is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month

• 4^th; National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Disease Awareness Day
• 6^th; Labour Day Holiday, no classes are held
• 7^th; World Duchenne Day
• 8^th; World First Aid Day
• 9^th; World FASD Awareness Day
• 10^th; World Suicide Prevention Day
• 15^th; Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day
• 19^th; Terry Fox Run
• 12^th to 18^th; Living Donation Week
• 24^th to 25^th; Sport Purple for Platelets
• 28^th; World Rabies Day
• All month is Acne Awareness Month
• All month is Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Craniofacial Acceptance Month
• All month is Inherited Retinal Disease Awareness Month
• All month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Sickle Cell Awareness Month
• All month is World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

• 2^nd; BC Day, no classes are held
• 12^th; International Youth Day
• 19^th; World Humanitarian Day
• 31^st; International Overdose Awareness Day
• All month is Gastroparesis Awareness Month
• All month is Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

• 1^st; Happy Canada Day, no classes are held
• 5^th; National Injury Prevention Day
• 7^th; Global Forgiveness Day
• 11^th; UN World Population Day
• 17^th; Canada’s National Parks Day
• 17^th; Glioblastoma Awareness Day
• 24^th; International Self Care Day
• 28^th; World Hepatitis Day
• 30^th; International Friendship Day
• 18^th to 24^th; National Drowning Prevention Week
• All month is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month

• 5^th; World Environment Day
• 5^th; National Health and Fitness Day
• 9^th; National Meditation Day
• 15^th; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 19^th; World Sickle Cell Day
• 21^st; Global ALS Awareness Day
• 26^th; National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day
• 26^th; International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking
• 6^th to 13^th; National Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak Awareness Week
• 14^th to 20^th; Canadian Men’s Health Week
• All month is Canadian Men’s Health Month
• All month is Stroke Awareness Month
• All month is Canada’s Thyroid Month

• 1^st; National Physicians Day
• 5^th; World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
• 7^th; National Child and Youth Mental Health Day
• 8^th; World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
• 8^th; World Ovarian Cancer Day
• 10^th; World Lupus Day
• 12^th; International Nurses’ Day
• 14^th; Apraxia Awareness Day
• 14^th; World Melanoma Day
• 17^th; World Hypertension Day
• 24^th; Victoria Day, its a long weekend in Canada
• 30^th; World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day
• 31^st; World No Tobacco Day
• 3^rd to 9^th; Mental Health Week
• 10^th to 16^th; National Nursing Week
• All month is Ankylosing Spondylitis Month
• All month is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Brain Tumor Awareness Month
• All month is Celiac Awareness Month
• All month is Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
• All month is Hypertension Awareness Month
• All month is MedicAlert Month
• All month is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is National Physiotherapy Month
• All month is Speech and Hearing Month
• All month is Vision Health Month

• 2^nd; Good Friday
• 2^nd; World Autism Awareness Day
• 7^th; World Health Day
• 7^th; Green Shirt Day
• 13^th; FND Awareness Day
• 17^th; World Hemophilia Day
• 28^th; National Day of Mourning
• 4^th to 10^th; National Dental Hygienists Week
• 18^th to 24^th; Canadian Infertility Awareness Week
• 18^th to 24^th; National Organ & Tissue Awareness Week
• 18^th to 24^th; National Volunteer Week
• 20^th to 22^nd; Global Youth Service Days
• 24^th to 30^th; National Immunization Awareness week
• All month is Be a Donor Month
• All month is IBS Awareness Month
• All month is National Oral Health Month
• All month is Rosacea Awareness Month

• 6^th; World Lymphedema Day
• 8^th; International Women’s Day
• 11^th; World Kidney Day
• 15^th; Ides of March – beware!
• 17^th; Happy St. Patrick’s!
• 19^th; World Sleep Day
• 20^th; Spring Equinox
• 22^nd; World Water Day
• 24^th; World Tuberculosis Day
• 26^th; Purple Day
• 2^nd week of March; Chocolate Chip Cookie Week – enjoy!
• 7^th to 13^th; World Glaucoma Week
• 15^th to 16^th; Int’l. Conference on New Horizons in Cardiology Education
• 15^th to 21^st; Brain Awareness Week
• 21^st to 27^th; National Poison Prevention Week
• All month is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is National Kidney Month
• All month is Liver Health Month
• All month is Music Therapy Awareness Month
• All month is Nutrition Month
• All month is Pharmacy Awareness Month

• 2^nd; National Groundhog Day
• 4^th; World Cancer Day
• 12^th; Lunar New Year, the Year of the Ox
• 14^th; Happy Valentine’s Day!
• 15^th; International Childhood Cancer Day
• 15^th; Family Day
• 24^th; Pink Shirt Day
• 28^th; Rare Disease Day
• 1^st – 7^th; is Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• 7^th – 13^th; is White Cane Week
• All month is the Celebration of Chocolate Month
• All month is Heart Month
• All month is Psychology Month
• All month is Recreation Therapy Month

• Happy New Year!  Wishing you all the best of good health, and much happiness in 2021.
• 4^th; World Braille Day
• 7^th; Orthodox Christmas
• 12^th; National Pharmacist Day
• 14^th; Orthodox New Year
• 18^th; Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• 20^th; Weedless Wednesday
• 25^th; Robbie Burns Day
• 28^th; Bell Let’s Talk Day
• 31^st; World Leprosy Day
• 17^th to 23^rd; National Non-Smoking Week

• 1^st; World Aids Day
• 2^nd; Women’s Brain Health Day
• 6^th; National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women commemorating the Ecole Polytechnique massacre in 1989
• 10^th; Human Rights Day
• 10^th; Hanukkah begins at sundown – Happy Hanukkah!
• 21^st; the winter season begins
• 21^st; the last day of classes for 2020, returning January 4th, 2021
• 25^th; Christmas Day – Merry Christmas!
• 31^st; New Year’s Eve – Happy New Year!

• 1^st; Daylight Savings Time ends so turn your clocks back 1 hour
• 11^th; Remembrance Day, Lest We Forget
• 12^th; World Pneumonia Day
• 14^th; World Diabetes Day
• 25^th; International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• 30^th; Stomach Cancer Awareness Day
• 4^th to 5^th; World Congress on Cardiac Nursing and Cardiology
• 8^th to 14^th; Medical Radiation Technologist (MRT) Week
• 11^th to 17^th; Digital Health Week
• 18^th to 24^th; World Antibiotic Awareness Week
• All month is Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month
• All month is Fall Prevention Month
• All month is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Movember
• All month is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• All month is Osteoporosis Month

• 10^th; World Mental Health Day
• 10^th; World Sight Day
• 12^th; World Arthritis Day
• 12^th; Canadian Thanksgiving Day, no classes are held
• 14^th; Brain Cancer Awareness Day
• 16^th; World Spine Day
• 19^th; National Psoriatic Arthritis Day
• 22^nd; International Stuttering Awareness Day
• 31^st; Happy Halloween!
• 1^st to 7^th; HPV Prevention Week
• 6^th to 12^th; Mental Illness Awareness Week
• 27^th to Nov 2^nd; Canadian Intensive Care Week
• All month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Occupational Therapy Month
• All month is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month

• 4^th; National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day
• 7^th; World Duchenne Day
• 7^th; Labour Day holiday – no classes are held
• 8^th; World First Aid Day
• 9^th; Teddy Bear Day! – everyone loves a teddy bear
• 10^th; World Suicide Prevention Day
• 15^th; Terry Fox Run
• 21^st; UN International Day of Peace
• 22^nd; Autumn Equinox
• 28^th; World Rabies Day
• All month is Acne Awareness Month
• All month is Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is Craniofacial Awareness Month
• All month is Duchenne Awareness Month
• All month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is World Alzheimer’s Month

• 3^rd; BC civic holiday, no classes are held
• 6^th; Wiggle Your Toes Day
• 12^th; International Youth Day
• 15^th; Relaxation Day – just what we have been waiting for!
• 19^th; World Humanitarian Day
• 21^st; World Senior Citizen’s Day
• 22^nd; Be An Angel Day – encourages good deeds and kindness to others
• 31^st; International Overdose Awareness Day
• All month is Gastroparesis Awareness Month

• 1^st; Happy Canada Day!
• 6^th; National Injury Prevention Day
• 7th; Global Forgiveness Day
• 9^th; Nunavut Day!
• 11^th; UN World Population Day
• 17^th; Glioblastoma Awareness Day
• 17^th; National Parks Day
• 24^th; International Self Care Day
• 28^th; World Hepatitis Day
• 30^th; International Friendship Day
• 19^th to 25^th; National Drowning Prevention Week
• All month is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month

• 5^th; World Environment Day
• 15^th; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 20^th; Summer Solstice
• 21^st; Father’s Day
• 15^th to 21^st; Canadian Men’s Health Week
• All month is ALS Awareness Month
• All month is Brain Injury Awareness Month
• All month is Thyroid Month in Canada

• 5^th; World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
• 8^th; World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
• 10^th; World Lupus Day
• 12^th; International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases
• 12^th; International Nurses Day – thank you!
• 14^th; Apraxia Awareness Day
• 14^th; World Melanoma Day
• 17^th; World Hypertension Day
• 20^th; World Bee Day – let’s take care of our environment
• 31^st; World No Tobacco Day
• 6^th to 12^th; Mental Health Week
• 6^th to 12^th; National Nursing Week
• All month is Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Month
• All month is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Brain Tumor Awareness Month
• All month is Celiac Awareness Month
• All month is Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
• All month is National Physiotherapy Month
• All month is Speech and Hearing Month
• All month is Vision Health Month

• 2^nd; World Autism Awareness Day
• 7^th; World Health Day
• 13^th; FND Awareness Day
• 17^th; World Hemophilia Day
• 6^th to 12^th; National Dental Hygienists Week
• 21^th to 27^th; National Medical Laboratory Week
• All month is Be a Donor Month
• All month is IBS Awareness Month
• All month is National Oral Health Month
• All month is Rosacea Awareness Month

• 6^th; World Lymphedema Day
• 8^th; Daylight Savings Time begins in BC, spring ahead!
• 8^th; International Women’s Day
• 22^nd; World Water Day
• 24^th; World Tuberculosis Day
• 26^th; Purple Day
• 10^th to 16^th; World Glaucoma Week
• 16^th to 22^nd; Brain Awareness week
• All month is Liver Health Month
• All month is Music Therapy Awareness Month
• All month is Nutrition Month
• All month is Pharmacy Awareness Month

• 2^nd; Groundhog Day
• 4^th; World Cancer Day
• 14^th; Happy Valentine’s Day!
• 17^th; Family Day
• 27^th; Pink Shirt Day
• 28^th; Rare Disease Day
• 2^nd to 8^th; White Cane Week
• 23^rd to 29^th; Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• All month is a Celebration of Chocolate Month
• All month is Heart and Stroke Month
• All month is Psychology Month

• Wishing you a very happy and healthy New Year.  All the very best throughout this new decade ~  stay fit!
• 4^th; World Braille Day
• 7^th; Orthodox Christmas Day
• 12^th; National Pharmacist Day
• 14^th; Orthodox New Year
• 20^th; Martin Luther King Day
• 22^nd; Weedless Wednesday
• 25^th; Robbie Burns Day
• 25^th; Chinese New Year – the Year of the Rat begins
• 26^th; World Leprosy Day
• 29^th; Bell Let’s Talk Day
• 21^st to the 27^th; National Non-Smoking Week

• 1^st; World Aids Day
• 2^nd; Women’s Brain Health Day
• 6^th; 30th anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre of 14 women
• 6^th; National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women
• 10^th; UN Human Rights Day
• 19^th; last day of classes for 2019 – no classes are held from Dec 20th until they resume on Jan 6th, 2020
• 21^st; winter solstice
• 22^nd to 30^th; Hanukkah 2019
• 25^th; Merry Christmas, have a safe and happy holiday season.
• 31^st; New Year’s Eve – all the best in the New Year!

• 3^rd; turn your clocks back one hour as we revert to standard time
• 11^th; Remembrance Day, Lest We Forget, no classes are held
• 12^th; World Pneumonia Day
• 14^th; World Diabetes Day
• 25^th; International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• 30^th; Stomach Cancer Awareness Day
• 4^th & 5^th; World Congress on Cardiac Nursing and Cardiology
• 18^th – 24^th; World Antibiotic Awareness Week
• All month is Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month
• All month is Fall Prevention Month
• All month is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Movember
• All month is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• All month is Osteoporosis Month

• 10^th; World Mental Health Day
• 10^th; World Sight Day
• 12^th; World Arthritis Day
• 14^th; Brain Cancer Awareness Day
• 14^th; Thanksgiving Day, no classes are held
• 16^th; World Spine Day
• 19^th; National Psoriatic Arthritis Day
• 22^nd; International Stuttering Awareness Day
• 31^st; Halloween – watch out for the ghosts and goblins
• 1^st to 7^th; HPV Prevention Week
• 6^th to 12^th; Fire Safety/Prevention Week in Canada
• 6^th to 12^th; Mental Illness Awareness Week
• 27^th to Nov 2^nd; Canadian Intensive Care Week
• All month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Occupational Therapy Month
• All month is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month

• 2^nd; Labour Day Holiday, no classes are held
• 4^th; National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day
• 8^th; World First Aid Day
• 10^th; World Suicide Prevention Day
• 15^th; Terry Fox Run
• 21^st; UN International Day of Peace
• 23^rd; Autumn Equinox
• 28^th; World Rabies Day
• All month is Acne Awareness Month
• All month is Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is Craniofacial Awareness Month
• All month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• World Alzheimer’s Month

• 1^st; Friendship Day
• 1^st; International Forgiveness Day
• 5^th; BC’s Civic Holiday, no classes are held
• 6^th; Wiggle Your Toes Day
• 11^th; The 17th Annual Peacekeepers Day
• 12^th; International Youth Day
• 15^th; Relaxation Day – we like it!
• 19^th; World Humanitarian Day
• 21^st; Senior Citizen’s Day
• 22^nd; Be An Angel Day
• 22^nd; National Tooth Fairy Day
• 31^st; International Overdose Awareness Day
• All month is Gastroparesis Awareness Month

• 1^st; Canada Day, no classes are held
• 5^th; National Injury Prevention Day
• 9^th; Nunavut Day
• 11^th; UN World Population Day
• 20^th; National Parks Day
• 24^th; International Self Care Day, take care of yourself too!
• 28^th; World Hepatitis Day
• 3^rd week; National Drowning Prevention Week
• All month is Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month

• 5^th; World Environment Day
• 14^th; World Blood Donor Day
• 15^th; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 16^th; Father’s Day – be good to your Dad
• 21^st; Summer Solstice
• 26^th; International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking
• 26^th; National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day
• 29^th; Brain Injury Awareness Day
• 29^th; World Scleroderma Day
• 11^th to 17^th; Canadian Men’s Health Week
• All month is ALS Awareness Month
• All month is Stroke Awareness Month
• All month is Thyroid Month

• 8^th; World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
• 10^th; World Lupus Day
• 12^th; Mother’s Day, be good to your Mom
• 12^th; International Nurses Day
• 14^th; World Melanoma Day
• 17^th; World Hypertension Day
• 20^th; Victoria Day, no classes are held
• 31^st; World No Tobacco Day
• 6^th to 12^th; Mental Health Week
• 6^th to 12^th; National Nursing Week
• All month is Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Month
• All month is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Brain Tumour Awareness Month
• All month is Celiac Awareness Month
• All month is Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
• All month is Hypertension Awareness Month
• All month is National Physiotherapy Month
• All month is Speech and Hearing Month
• All month is Vision Health Month

• 2^nd; World Autism Awareness Day
• 7^th; World Health Day
• 13^th; FND Awareness Day
• 17^th; World Hemophilia Day
• 19^th and 22^nd; Good Friday and Easter Monday, no classes are held
• 22^nd; Earth Day
• 20^th to 27^th; National Immunization Awareness Week in Canada
• All month is Be a Donor Month
• All month is the Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days
• All month is IBS Awareness Month
• All month is National Oral Health Month
• All month is Rosacea Awareness Month

• 6^th; World Lymphedema Day
• 8^th; International Women’s Day
• 8^th; World Kidney Day
• 10^th; Daylight Saving Time begins, spring forward 1 hour
• 20^th; Spring Equinox
• 22^nd; World Water Day
• 24^th; World Tuberculosis Day
• 26^th; Purple Day, an international effort to increase awareness of epilepsy
• 10^th to 16^th; World Glaucoma Week
• 11^th to 17^th; World Brain Awareness Week
• All month is Canada’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Canada’s Kidney Month
• All month is Liver Health Month
• All month is Canada’s Music Therapy Awareness Month
• All month is Canada’s Nutrition Month
• All month is Canada’s Pharmacy Awareness Month

• 2^nd; Groundhog Day
• 4^th; World Cancer Day
• 14^th; Valentine’s Day, love is in the air
• 18^th; Family Day in BC
• 27^th; Pink Shirt Day
• 28^th; Rare Disease Day
• 28^th; National Science Day
• 1^st to 7^th; Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• 3^rd to 9^th; White Cane Week
• All month is Heart and Stroke Month
• All month is National Chocolate Lovers’ Month
• All month is Psychology Month

• 1^st; Happy New Year!  All the best for a happy ~ healthy ~ 2019
• 3^rd; classes resume
• 4^th; World Braille Day
• 7^th; Orthodox Christmas Day
• 14^th; Orthodox New Year
• 21^st; Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• 23^rd; Weedless Wednesday
• 25^th; Robbie Burns Day
• 27^th; World Leprosy Day
• 30^th; Bell Let’s Talk Day
• 20^th to 26^th; National Non-Smoking Week
• All month is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

• 1^st; World Aids Day
• 3^rd; Hanukkah
• 6^th; National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence against  Women
• 10^th; UN Human Rights Day – 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• 20^th; last day of classes in 2018
• 21^st; Winter Solstice – daylight hours lengthen from here!
• 23^rd to Jan 2^nd, 2019; closed for the Christmas holidays
• 25^th; Merry Christmas! Enjoy the season and stay safe.
• 31^st; New Year’s Eve – wishing you peace and happiness in 2019

• 11^th; Lest We Forget, no classes are held Monday, November 12th in observance
• 12^th; World Pneumonia Day
• 13^th; World Kindness Day – we can all share some!
• 14^th; World Diabetes Day
• 25^th; International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• 30^th; Stomach Cancer Awareness Day
• 12^th to 18^th; World Antibiotic Awareness Week
• All month is Fall Prevention Month
• All month is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Movember
• All month is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• All month is Osteoporosis Month

• 1^st; National Seniors Day
• 8^th; Thanksgiving Day, no classes are held
• 10^th; World Mental Health Day
• 10^th; World Sight Day
• 16^th; World Spine Day
• 19^th; National Psoriatic Arthritis Day
• 22^nd; International Stuttering Day
• 29^th; World Stroke Day
• 31^st; Halloween Day, keep an eye out for the wee ghosts and goblins
• 1^st to 7^th; Mental Illness Awareness Week
• 7^th to 13^th; Fire Prevention Week
• 15^th to 19^th; National Infection Control Week
• 20^th to 27^th; International Brain Tumor Awareness Week
• All month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Influenza Immunization Awareness Month

• 3^rd; Labour Day holiday, no classes are held
• 4^th; National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day
• 8^th; World First Aid Day
• 10^th; World Suicide Prevention Day
• 16^th; Terry Fox Run
• 21^st; U.N. International Day of Peace
• 23^rd; Autumn Equinox
• 28^th; World Rabies Day
• All month is Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is Acne Awareness Month
• All month is Craniofacial Awareness Month
• All month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is World Alzheimer’s Month

• 3^rd; BC civic holiday, no classes are held
• 12^th; International Youth Day
• 19^th; World Humanitarian Day
• 31^st; International Overdose Awareness Day

• 1^st; Canada Day! Enjoy the holiday – no classes are held on the 2^nd
• 5^th; National Injury Prevention Day
• 24^th; International Self Care Day
• 28^th; World Hepatitis Day

• 2^nd; National Health & Fitness Day
• 5^th; World Environment Day
• 15^th; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 17^th; Father’s Day
• 21^st; summer begins!
• 26^th; International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• 29^th; Brain Injury Awareness Day

• 5^th; World Pulmonary Hypertension day
• 10^th; World Lupus Day
• 12^th; International Nurses Day
• 12^th; International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological & Neurological Diseases
• 17^th; World Hypertension Day
• 21^st; Victoria Day holiday, no classes are held
• 31^st; World No Tobacco Day
• 7^th to 13^th; Mental Health Week
• 7^_th to 13^th; National Nursing Week
• All month is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Brain Tumour Awareness Month
• All month is Hemochromatosis Month
• All month is Hypertension Awareness Month
• All month is National Physiotherapy Month
• All month is Speech & Hearing Month
• All month is Vision Health Month

• 2^nd; Easter Monday, no classes are held
• 2^nd; World Autism Awareness Day
• 7^th; World Health Day
• 11^th; Parkinson’s Awareness Day
• 13^th; Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Day
• 17^th; World Hemophiliac Day
• 22^nd; Earth Day
• 9^th to 15^th; Parkinson’s Awareness Week
• 15^th to 21^st; Volunteer Week, where would we be without them?
• All month is Be A Donor Month
• All month is the Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days
• All month is Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
• All month is the Canadian Dental Association’s Oral Health Month
• All month is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
• All month is Rosacea Awareness Month

• 6^th; World Lymphedema Day
• 8^th; World Kidney Day
• 8^th; International Women’s Day
• 22^nd; World Water Day
• 24^th; World Tuberculosis Day
• 26^th; Purple Day – to increase epilepsy awareness
• 30^th; Good Friday, no classes are held
• 11^th to 17^th; World Glaucoma Week
• 12^th to 18^th; Brain Awareness Week
• 18^th to 24^th; Poison Prevention Week
• All month is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Nutrition Month
• All month is Kidney Month

• 2^nd; Groundhog Day
• 4^th; World Cancer Day
• 14^th; Happy Valentine’s!  Tell someone special you love them.
• 16^th; Happy Chinese New Year of the Dog
• 28^th; Pink Shirt Day, let’s stop the bullying
• 28^th; Rare Disease Day
• 28^th; National Science Day
• 1^st to 7^th; Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• All month is Heart Month
• All month is Psychology Month
• And yes!  All month is National Chocolate Lovers Month:-))

• 1^st; Happy New Year’s!  Make those healthy resolutions and get at ’em.  Good luck!
• 2^nd; Classes resume.
• 4^th; World Braille Day
• 15^th; Martin Luther King Day
• 24^th; Weedless Wednesday
• 28^_th; World Leprosy Day
• 31^st; Bell Let’s Talk Day
• 21^st to 27^th; National Non-Smoking Week
• All month is Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month

• 1^st; World Aids Day
• 6^th; National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
• 10^th; Human Rights Day
• 21^st; last day of classes in 2017.  Classes resume January 2nd, 2018.
• 25^th; Merry Christmas!  Have a safe and happy holiday season.

• 11^th; Remembrance Day Canada, Lest We Forget – no classes are held
• 12^th; World Pneumonia Day
• 14^th; World Diabetes Day
• 25^th; International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women
• 30^th; Stomach Cancer Awareness Day
• All month is Diabetes Awareness Month
• All month is Fall Prevention Month
• All month is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Movember Canada
• All month is Osteoporosis Month
• All month is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is World Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

• 1^st; National Seniors Day
• 9th; Canadian Thanksgiving Day – no classes are held
• 10^th; World Sight Day
• 10^th; World Mental Health Day
• 12^th; World Arthritis Day
• 16^th; World Spine Day
• 22^nd; International Stuttering Awareness Day
• 29^th; World Stroke Day
• 1^st to 7^th; Mental Illness Awareness Week
• 24^th to Nov 3^rd; Canadian Patient Safety Week
• All month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Lupus Awareness Month
• All month is International Walk to School Month

• 4^th; National PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) Awareness Day
• 10^th; World Suicide Prevention Day
• 18^th; Terry Fox Run
• 21^st; World Alzheimer’s Day
• All month is Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
• All month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

• 12^th; International Youth Day
• 19^th; World Humanitarian Day
• 22^nd – 30th; closed for summer holidays
• 31^st; International Overdose Awareness Day

• 1^st; Canada Day, celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday!
• 5^th; National Injury Prevention Day
• 24^th; International Self-Care Day
• 28^th; World Hepatitis Day

• 3^rd; National Health & Fitness Day
• 5^th; World Environment Day
• 15^th; World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• All month is ALS Awareness Month
• All month is Stroke Awareness Month

• 5^th; World Pulmonary Hypertension Day
• 10^th; World Lupus Day
• 12^th; International Nursing Day
• 17^th; World Hypertension Day
• 22^nd; Victoria Day holiday, no classes are held
• 1^st to 7^th; Mental Health Week
• 7^th to 13^th; National Hospice Palliative Care Week
• 8^th to 14^th; National Nursing Week
• 28^th to June 3^rd; Paramedic Services week
• All month is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Brain Tumor Awareness Month
• All month is Celiac Awareness Month
• All month is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
• All month is Food Allergy Awareness Month
• All month is Foot Health Awareness Month
• All month is Melanoma Awareness Month
• All month is National Hemachromatosis Awareness Month
• All month is National Physiotherapy Month
• All month is Speech & Hearing Month
• All month is Vision Health Month

• 7^th; World Health Day
• 14^th; Good Friday, no classes are held
• 17^th; Easter Monday, no classes are held
• 17^th; World Hemophilia Day
• 22^nd; Earth Day
• 22^nd to 29^th; National Immunization Awareness Week
• All month is Be a Donor Month
• All month is Daffodil Days – Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
• All month is Oral Health Month
• All month is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
• All month is Rosacea Awareness Month

• 8^th; International Women’s Day
• 22^nd; World Water Day
• 24^th; World TB Day
• 12^th to 18^th; World Glaucoma Week
• 13^th to 19^th; Brain Awareness Week
• 20^th to 26^th; Poison Prevention Week
• All month is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Kidney Month
• All month is Nutrition Month

• 22^nd; Pink Shirt Day
• 1^st to ^7th; Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• 5^th to 11^th; White Cane Week
• All month is Heart Month

• 5^th; classes resume
• All month is Hot Tea Month; enjoy a cuppa!

• 3^rd; International Day of Disabled Persons
• 6^th; National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
• 10^th; Human Right Day
• 21^st; classes end for the holiday season
• 25^th; Merry Christmas!
• All month is the Lung Association’s Christmas Seal Campaign

• 11^th; Remembrance Day, Wear a Poppy, no classes are held
• 12^th; World Pneumonia Day
• 14^th; World Diabetes Day
• 19^th; COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Day
• 25^th; International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Day
• All month is CPR Awareness Month
• All month is Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Month
• All month is Diabetes Month
• All month is Fall Prevention Month
• All month is Movember Canada Month
• All month is National Eczema Awareness Month
• All month is National Lung Month
• All month is National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Osteoporosis Month

• 1st; National Seniors Day
• 8th; World Sight Day
• 10th; Canadian Thanksgiving Day holiday, no classes are held
• 16th; World Food Day… and World Spine Day
• 29th; World Stroke Day
• 9th to 15th; Fire Prevention Week
• All month is Brain Tumour Awareness Month
• All month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Influenza Immunization Awareness Month  (flu shots!)
• All month is Psoriasis Awareness Month

• 5th; Labour Day holiday, no classes are held Sept 5 or 6
• 18th; Terry Fox Run
• 21st; World Alzheimer’s Day
• All month is Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
• All month is National Arthritis Awareness Month
• All month is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• All month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

• 12^th; International Youth Day
• 19^th; World Humanitarian Day
• All month is Spinal Muscular Atrophy Month

• 11^th; World Population Day
• 24^th; International Self-Care Day
• 28^th; World Hepatitis Day

• May 5^th; Save Lives: Clean Your Hands Day.  Do we really need to be told this?
• May 7^th; World Asthma Day
• May 12^th; Canada Health Day; get out and move!
• May 20^th; Victoria Day.  Our classes and training are closed for the day.
• May 5^th to 11^th; Emergency Preparedness Week… be sure to review your emergency kit
• All Month is Celiac Awareness Month
• All Month is Food Allergy Awareness Month
• All Month is Foot Health Awareness Month
• All Month is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
• All Month is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month

APRIL

• 1^st; no classes or training for Easter Monday… no fooling!
• 7^th; World Health Day
• 22^nd; Earth Day
• 21^st to 27^th; National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
• All month are Daffodil Days for Cancer Awareness
• All month is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
• All month is Parkinson’s Awareness Month

• 22^nd; World Water Day
• 26^th; World Tuberculosis Day
• 10^th to 16^th; World Glaucoma Week
• 11^th to 17^th; Brain Awareness Week
• “Help Fight Liver Disease” Month
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• National Kidney Month
• National Nutrition Month
• No classes or training on March 29th for Good Friday

• 4^th; World Cancer Day
• 7^th; an additional Osteofit Level I class begins
• 10^th; Chinese Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake begins
• 14^th; Happy Valentine”s Day!
• 3^rd to 9^th week; Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• 3^rd to 9^th week; White Cane Week
• All month is Heart Month, be Heart Smart!

• 1^st; Happy New Year!  A fresh new slate of opportunities begins.
• 2^nd; My Source personal training sessions resume
• 3^rd; Joint Works and Flexibly Fit classes resume
• 4^th; Osteofit for Life classes resume
• 7^th; Osteofit classes for levels I and II resume
• 18^th; Weedless Wednesday – your time to quit!
• 20^th to 26^th; National Non-Smoking Week
• 27^th; Family Literacy Day – take time to read a good book

• 3^rd; International Day of Disabled Persons
• 17^th; last Osteofit classes at Silver Harbour for 2012
• 20^th; last Flexibly Fit class at Silver Harbour for 2012, last Joint Works classes at Mollie Nye for 2012, and last Osteofit class at Capilano United for 2012
• 25^th; Merry Christmas!
• 31^st; New Year’s Eve, let’s celebrate responsibly

• 1^st; new session of Joint Works and Flexibly Fit classes begin
• 1^st; flu shot vacinations begin
• 2^nd; new session of Osteofit for Life class begins
• 4^th; time to change the clocks back one hour
• 5^th; new session of Osteofit I & II classes begin
• 11^th; Lest We Forget
• 14^th; My Source presents ‘The Bare Bones of Osteoporosis’ talk at Silver Harbour Seniors Centre from 1 to 2 pm
• 14^th; World Diabetes Day
• 16^th; World COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Day
• 6^th to 12^th; National Pain Awareness Week
• 6^th to 12^th; National Seniors Safety Week
• Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month
• CPR Awareness Month
• Diabetes Month
• Osteoporosis Month

• 1^st; National Seniors Day
• 13^th; World Sight Day – Did you know poor vision is a contributor to many accidental falls?
• 25^th; On behalf of The Arthritis Society, My Source is presenting a talk on Exercise and Arthritis at the Harry Jerome Recreation Centre from 7 to 8pm
• 31^st; Halloween; watch out for the ghosts and goblins when you are on the road
• Oct 7^th to 13^th; Fire Prevention Week
• All month: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Eye Health Month, Lupus Awareness Month, Psoriasis Awareness Month

• 3^rd; Labour Day holiday, no classes or sessions are held
• 4^th; Joint Works Plus, and Joint Works II classes begin again, registration for Osteofit classes at Capilano United Church begins
• 6^th; Flexibly Fit classes resume
• 7^th; Osteofit for Life classes resume
• 10^th; Osteofit I and Osteofit II classes resume
• 12^th, Living Well with Arthritis presentation at Silver Harbour
• 16^th; Terry Fox Run
• 19^th; The Arthritis Society’s Arthritis 101 presentation given by My Source
• 21^st; World Alzheimer’s Day
• 29^th; World Heart Day
• All month: National Arthritis Awareness Month, Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

• Summer session is in recess August 12 to 26

• 1^st; Canada Day!
• 2^nd; holiday weekend, no classes are held
• 3^rd; Joint Works combined, summer schedule hours begin
• 5^th; Osteofit for Life class resumes
• 9^th; Osteofit I and II classes resume
• 11^th; World Population Day
• 28^th; World Hepatitis Day

• 5^th; World Environment Day
• 6^th; Clean Air Day
• 10^th; The Arthritis Society’s Walk to Fight Arthritis
• 12^th; National Memory Screening Day
• 14^th; World Blood Donor Day
• June 3 to 9; Canadian Environment Week
• June 4 to 10; National Sun Awareness Week, check out the Canadian Dermatology Association website www.dermatology.ca for their sun awareness program
• All month, ALS Awareness month,Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, Stroke Awareness Month

• 1^st; new sessions of Joint Works II and Joint Works Plus classes begin
• 1^st; World Asthma Day
• 3^rd, new session of Flexibly Fit classes begins
• 4^th; new session of Osteofit for Life classes begins
• 5^th; day to Save Lives: Clean Your Hands
• 7^th; new sessions of Osteofit I and Osteofit II classes begin
• 13^th; Mother’s Day, celebrate your Mother
• 20^th; World Autoimmune Arthritis Day
• 21^st; Victoria Day, no classes are held
• May 28^th to June 1^st is SPINEWEEK
• All month: Celiac Awareness, Foot Health Awareness, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness, Speech and Hearing Awareness Month

APRIL

•  6^th; Good Friday, no classes are held
• 7^th; World Health Day
• 8^th; Easter Sunday, no classes are held
• 9^th; Easter Monday, no classes are held
• 22^nd; Earth Day
• All month: Daffodil Days for Cancer Awareness, Oral Health Month, and Parkinson’s Awareness Month

MARCH

FEBRUARY

JANUARY

• 1^st; Happy New Year’s! Another year of opportunity to exercise and become fit!
• 2^nd; personal training sessions resume
• 3^rd; Joint Works Plus classes resume
• 5^th; Joint Works II classes resume
• 6^th; Osteofit for Life classes resume
• 9^th; Osteofit I classes resume
• 14^th; Flexibly Fit classes resume
• 16^th to 22^nd; National Non-smoking Week
• 23^rd; the Year of the Dragon begins
• 25^th; Robbie Burns Day

2011

DECEMBER

• Dec 2^nd to 4^th; My Source presentation for Arthritis 101 for Fitness Instructors
• Dec 15^th; Christmas wrap up for Joint Works II
• Dec 17^th; Christmas wrap up for Flexibly Fit classes
• Dec 19^th; Christmas wrap up for all Osteofit® classes
• Dec 20^th; Christmas wrap up for Joint Works® Plus, and Joint Works® 1 Adapted
• Last day for local holiday basket orders
• Dec 24 to Jan 1, 2012; closed

NOVEMBER

• New sessions of classes begin
• 11^th, Remembrance Day, no classes held
• Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Month
  • did you know these are forms of arthritis?
• Osteoporosis Month
  • see our Services section for Osteofit® classes

OCTOBER

• 1^st; Community talk on arthritis and osteoporosis
• 1^st; National Seniors Day
• 10^th; Thanksgiving Day; no classes or training sessions are held
• Influenza Immunization Awareness Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
  • did you know lupus is a form of arthritis?
• Psoriasis Awareness Month
  • did you know there is psoriatic arthritis?
• 31^st; Halloween; watch for those excited tykes while driving