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Days of Significance 2020-21

Updated: Sept. 25, 2020

*The cycle of Haudenosaunee Longhouse Ceremonies are days of significance for the Aboriginal population in Grant Erie District School Board.

September 2020

  • Lifelong Learning Month
  • Kshamavani: Tuesday, September 1
  • Delhi Fall Festival: Saturday, September 11 – Sunday, September 12
  • Grandparents’ Day: Sunday, September 13
  • Rosh Hashanah: Friday, September 18 – Sunday, October 20
  • International Day of Peace: Monday, September 21
  • Mabon: Monday, September 21 – Tuesday, September 29
  • Autumn Equinox: Tuesday, September 22
  • Yom Kippur: Sunday, September 27 – Monday, September 28
  • GAINASO: A*
  • Green Corn*

October 2020

  • Women’s History Month
  • National Senior’s Day: Thursday, October 1
  • Sukkot: Friday, October 2 – Friday, October 9
  • World Communion: Sunday, October 4
  • Fire Prevention Week: Sunday, October 4 – Saturday, October 10
  • Mental Illness Awareness Week: Sunday, October 4 – Saturday, October 10
  • Walk to School Day: Wednesday, October 7
  • Day of Red: TBD
  • Shemini Atzeret: Friday, October 9 – Sunday, October 11
  • World Mental Health Day: Saturday, October 10
  • Simchat Torah: Saturday, October 10 – Sunday, October 11
  • International Day of the Girl: Sunday, October 11
  • United Way Campaign: TBD
  • International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Saturday, October 17
  • Birthday of the Bab: Saturday, October 17 – Sunday, October 18
  • National School Safety Week: Saturday, October 17 – Friday, October 23
  • Navaratri: Saturday, October 17 – Sunday, October 25
  • Persons Day: Sunday, October 18
  • Birth of Bahá’u’lláh: Sunday, October 18 – Monday, October 19
  • Waste Reduction Week: Monday, October 19 – Sunday, October 25
  • Installation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji: Tuesday, October 20
  • Local Government Week: TBD
  • National School Library Day: Thursday, October 22
  • Dasara: Sunday, October 25
  • Jain New Year: TBD
  • ESL Week: TBD
  • Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad): Wednesday, October 28 – Thursday, October 29
  • Samhain: Saturday, October 31 – Sunday, November 1
  • Harvest Dance*
  • Medicine Mask (HADOUI)*
  • Feast of the Dead (OGIWE)*

November 2020

  • All Saints Day: Sunday, November 1
  • Holocaust Education Week: Sunday, November 1 – Sunday, November 8
  • National Inuit Day: Saturday, November 7
  • Indigenous Veterans’ Day: Sunday, November 8
  • Bandi Chhor Divas: Saturday, November 14
  • Diwali: Saturday, November 14
  • World Diabetes Day: Saturday, November 14
  • Rock Your Mocs: Sunday, November 15
  • Louis Riel Day: Monday, November 16
  • Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week: TBD
  • Holodomor Memorial Day: TBD
  • Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji: Tuesday, November 24
  • Christmas Fast: Saturday, November 28 – Wednesday, January 6
  • Advent: Sunday, November 29 – Thursday, December 24
  • Birthday of Guru Nanak: Monday, November 30
  • Code of Handsome Lake (GAI HWIO)*
  • End of Season & Hadowi (Fall Fest)*

December 2020

  • Simcoe Christmas Panorama: TBD
  • International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Thursday, December 3
  • National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women: Sunday, December 6
  • Human Rights Day: Thursday, December 10
  • Hanukkah: Thursday, December 10 – Friday, December 18
  • Winter Solstice: Monday, December 21
  • Yule: Monday, December 21 – Friday, January 1
  • Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
  • Death of Prophet Zarathustra: Saturday, December 26
  • Kwanzaa: Saturday, December 26 – Friday, January 1
  • New Year’s Eve: Thursday, December 31
  • Sun, Moon & Stars*

January 2021

  • New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
  • No:ia (New Years): TBD
  • Twelfth Night: Tuesday, January 5
  • Epiphany: Wednesday, January 6
  • Theophany: Wednesday, January 6
  • Feast of the Nativity: Thursday, January 7
  • Orthodox Christianity Christmas: Thursday, January 7
  • Chinese New Year: Friday, February 12
  • Makar Sankranti: Thursday, January 14
  • World Religion Day: Sunday, January 17
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, January 18
  • Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Monday, January 18 – Monday, January 25
  • Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sabib: Wednesday, January 20
  • Bodhi Day: Wednesday, January 20
  • Tu B’Shevat: Wednesday, January 22 – Thursday, January 28
  • Family Literacy Day: Wednesday, January 27
  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Wednesday, January 27
  • Mahayana New Year: Thursday, January 28
  • Mid Winter Ceremonies*
  • GAINASO: A*

February 2021

  • Psychology Month
  • Imbolc: Monday, February 1 – Tuesday, February 2
  • World Faith Harmony Week: Monday, February 1 – Sunday, February 7
  • Setsunbun-sai: Wednesday, February 3
  • Carnaval de Québec: Friday, February 5 – Sunday, February 14
  • Have a Heart Day: Sunday, February 14
  • Valentine’s Day: Sunday, February 14
  • National Flag of Canada Day: Monday, February 15
  • Nirvana Day: Monday, February 15
  • Ash Wednesday: Wednesday, February 17
  • Random Acts of Kindness Week: TBD
  • International Mother Language Day: Sunday, February 21
  • Magha Puja Day: Friday, February 26
  • Purim (Jewish): Friday, February 26 – Saturday, February 27
  • Maple and All Tree Ceremony*
  • Hadowi/Ohkiwe*

March 2021

  • Childhood Arthritis Month
  • ‘Ala’ 19-Day Fast: Monday, March 1 – Friday, March 19
  • World Day of Prayer: Friday, March 5
  • International Women’s Day: Monday, March 8
  • Maha Shivratri: Thursday, March 11
  • Clean Monday/Great Fast: Monday, March 15
  • Naw-Ruz: Saturday, March 20
  • Now Ruz (New Year): Saturday, March 20
  • Ostara: Saturday, March 20
  • Spring Equinox: Saturday, March 20
  • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Sunday, March 21
  • World Down Syndrome Day: Sunday, March 21
  • Passover: Saturday, March 27– Sunday, April 4
  • Holi: Sunday, March 28 – Monday, March 29
  • Hola Mohalla: Monday, March 29 – Wednesday, March 31
  • Great Big Crunch: TBD
  • Maple Syrup Harvest*

April 2021

  • Sikh Heritage Month
  • Maundy Thursday: Thursday, April 1
  • World Autism Awareness Day: Friday, April 2
  • Easter: Sunday, April 4
  • Buddha Day (Wesak) – Buddhist: Thursday, April 8
  • Yom Hashoah: Thursday, April 8 – Friday, April 9
  • Ramadan Begins: Monday, April 12
  • Ugadi: Tuesday, April 13
  • Baisakhi: Wednesday, April 14
  • Easter Tuesday: Tuesday, April 16
  • Ridvan: Friday, April 16– Sunday, May 2
  • National Volunteer Week: Sunday, April 18 – Saturday, April 24
  • Bite of Brant: TBD
  • Ram Navami: Wednesday, April 21
  • Mahavira Jayanti: Sunday, April 25
  • Theravada New Year: Tuesday, April 27
  • National Day of Mourning: Wednesday, April 28
  • Orthodox Holy Friday: Friday, April 30
  • Thunder Ceremony*
  • Medicine Mask (Hadoui)*
  • Feast of the Dead (Ogiwe)*

May 2021

  • Asian/Pacific Heritage Month
  • Speech and Hearing Month
  • Beltane: Saturday, May 1
  • Youth Week: Saturday, May 1 – Friday, May 7
  • Bike to School Day: Wednesday, May 5
  • Laylat Al Qadr: Sunday, May 9
  • Mother’s Day: Sunday, May 9
  • Yom Yerushalayim: Sunday, May 9 – Monday, May 10
  • Bear Witness Day: Monday, May 10
  • Ramadan Ends: Tuesday, May 11
  • Ascension (Western): Thursday, May 13
  • Eid-Ul-Fitr: Thursday, May 13
  • Shavuot: Sunday, May 16 – Tuesday, May 18
  • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: Monday, May 17
  • Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Thursday, May 20
  • Declaration of the Bab: Sunday, May 23
  • Pentecost (Western): Sunday, May 23
  • Whit Monday (Western): Monday, May 24
  • Bread and Cheese: TBD
  • Ascension of Baha’u’llah: Friday, May 28
  • National Access Awareness Week: TBD
  • Drying of the Sap of the Great Maple*
  • Sun and Moon Dance*
  • New Medicine/Seed Blessing Ceremony*
  • Planting Conclusion Ceremony*

May/June 2021

  • Plant a Heart Garden

June 2021

  • National Indigenous History Month
  • Toronto Pride Month
  • Brantford Pride Flag Raising at City Hall: TBD
  • Tom Longboat Day: Friday, June 4
  • Ascension (Eastern): Thursday, June 10
  • Martyrdom of Guru Arjam Dev Sahib: Wednesday, June 16
  • New Church Day: Saturday, June 19
  • Father’s Day: Sunday, June 20
  • Pentecost (Eastern): Sunday, June 20
  • Summer Solstice: Sunday, June 20
  • World Refugee Day: Sunday, June 20
  • Whit Monday (Eastern): Monday, June 21
  • Litha: Thursday, June 24
  • Planting/Strawberry Dance*
  • Planting/Raspberry Dance*

July 2021

  • Martyrdom of the Bab: Friday, July 9
  • Tisha B’Av: Saturday, July 17 – Sunday, July 18
  • Hajj: Saturday, July 17 – Thursday, July 22
  • Eid-Ul-Adha: Monday, July 19 – Friday, July 23
  • Dharma Day (Asala): Saturday, July 24

August 2021

  • Lúghnasadh/Lammas: Sunday, August 1
  • Dunnville Fair: Saturday, August 7 – Sunday, August 8
  • International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples: Monday, August 9
  • Al-Hijra (Islamic New Year): Monday, August 9 – Tuesday, August 10
  • First of Muharram/New Year: Tuesday, August 10
  • Ashura: Wednesday, August 18 – Thursday, August 19
  • Raksha Bandhan (Rahkri): Saturday, August 21
  • Janmashtami: Monday, August 30
  • Big Green Corn Dance*
  • Green Bean Corn Dance*
  • Paryushana-Parva: Friday, September 3

Please accept our apologies for omissions of any group or important dates. We make all possible efforts to publish Grand Erie District School Board’s Days of Significance according to a variety of sources. If there are any comments regarding the Days of Significance, please inform Kimberly Newhouse, via email: kimberly.newhouse@granderie.ca

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