Proclamations

2024

• Habitat for Humanity - Vancouver Island North Day - Oct 7

• Wrongful Conviction Day - October 2 

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day - Sept 9

• Big Brothers Big Sisters Month - September
  

• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - September

• Drowning Prevention Week - July 21 - 27

• Brain Injury Awareness Month - June

• Hope Air Day - June 17

• Wild Salmon Day - June 1

• Myasthenia Gravis Awareness - June

• Moose Hide Campaign Day - May 16

• Rhododendron Month - May 

• GBS & CIDP Awareness Month - May

• Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds Season April 19 - May 18

• Green Shirt Day - April 7

• Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness - March 26 

• Greek Independence Day - March 25 

• Day of Remembrance and Action for Islamophobia - January 29

2023

• Métis Week - November 12-18
  

• Wrongful Conviction Day - October 2
  

• Circular Economy Month - October
  

• United Way BC Day - September 26
  

• National Legion Week - September 17-23
  

• International Day of Awareness - August 31
  

• Pride Parade & Pride in the Park Day - August 26
  

• National Drowning Prevention Week - July 16-22
  

• Vancouver Island MusicFest - July 14-16
  

• Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month June
  

• National Indigenous Peoples Day - June 21
  

• World Ocean Day - June 8
  

• GBS & CIDP Awareness Month May
  

• Huntington Disease Awareness Month May
  

• Lyme Disease Awareness Month May 
  

• MS Awareness Month May
  

• Rhododendron Month May 

• International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia May 17

• MMIWG2S Awareness Day - May 5
  

• Day of Mourning - April 28 
  

• Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds Season - April 19 to May 12
  

• National Volunteer Week April 16-22
  

• Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness - March 26
  

• World Down Syndrome Day - March 21
  

 2022

• Adoption Awareness Month - November 2022 [PDF - 96 KB]

• Economic Abuse Awareness Day - November 26, 2022 [PDF - 45 KB]

• Lung Cancer Awareness Month - November, 2022 [PDF - 46 KB]

• Circular Economy Month - October 2022 

• Dyslexia Awareness Month - October, 2022 [PDF - 45 KB]

• Foster Family Month - October 2022 [PDF - 611 KB]

• Wrongful Conviction Awareness Day - October 2, 2022 [PDF - 684 KB]

• International Overdose and Drug Toxicity Crisis Awareness Day - August 31, 2022 [PDF - 45 KB]

• Vancouver Island MusicFest [PDF - 638 KB]

• Year of the Garden and June 18, 2022 National Day of the Garden [PDF - 93 KB]

• Access Awareness Day, June 4, 2022 [PDF - 619 KB]

• World Oceans Day, June 8, 2022 [PDF - 1 MB]

• Child Care Month, May 2022 [PDF - 722 KB]

• Rhododendron Month, May 2022 [PDF - 669 KB]

• Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds Week, May 1-7, 2022 [PDF - 745 KB]

• Community Resilience Month, May 2022 [PDF - 748 KB]

• Early Childhood Educator & Child Care Provider Appreciation Day, May 28, 2022 [PDF - 857 KB]

• International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, May 17, 2022 [PDF - 782 KB]

• Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism - May 10 [PDF - 710 KB]

• Day of Mourning, April 28, 2022 [PDF - 704 KB]

• National Volunteer Week, April 24-30, 2022 [PDF - 668 KB]

• Parkinson's Awareness Month, April 2022 [PDF - 670 KB]

• Epilepsy Awareness Month, March 2022 [PDF - 737 KB]

• Down Syndrome Day, March 21, 2022 [PDF - 635 KB]

• Crime Stoppers Month, January, 2022 [PDF - 614 KB] 

2021

• Day of Awareness for Survivors of Financial Abuse and Economic Injustice, November 26, 2021 [PDF - 136 KB]

• Poppy Fund Campaign, October 29 - November 11, 2021 [PDF - 664 KB]

• Cadet Week, October 4 - 8, 2021 [PDF - 301 KB]

• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, September 2021 [PDF - 494 KB]

• Pride Week, July 19 - 26, 2021 [PDF - 187 KB]

• National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, 2021 [PDF - 213 KB]

• Stocky Edwards Day, June 5, 2021 [PDF - 195 KB]

• Myastenia Gravis Awareness Month, June 2021 [PDF - 171 KB]