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Source: Canadian Centre for Diversity & Inclusion's Diversity Ink Newsletter
ADHD Awareness Month (International)
Alternative and Augmentative Communication (ACC) Awareness Month (International)
Autism Awareness Month (International)
Canadian Islamic History Month (Canada)
Disability Employment Awareness Month (Canada)
German Heritage Month (Canada)
Global Diversity Awareness Month (International)
Healthy Workplace Month (Canada)
Hispanic Heritage Month (Ontario)
Latin American Heritage Month (Canada)
Mark it Read for Dyslexia Awareness Month (Canada)
Mi'kmaq History Month (Nova Scotia)
Women’s History Month (Canada)
October 1: International Day of Older Persons / National Seniors Day
October 1: Treaty Day (Nova Scotia)
October 1 (sundown) – 2: Yom Kippur
October 2: Dussehra / Vijayadashami
October 4: National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
October 4: St. Francis Day
October 5: World Teachers’ Day
October 5 – 11: Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 6: Mid-Autumn Festival (Mooncake Festival)
October 6 (sundown) – 13: Sukkot
October 8: International Lesbian Day
October 10: World Mental Health Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
October 11: National Coming Out Day
October 12 – 18 : Workplace Bullying Awareness Week
October 13: Thanksgiving
October 13 (sundown) – 14: Shemini Atzeret
October 14 (sundown) – 15: Simchat Torah
October 15: International Day of Rural Women
October 15: International Pronouns Day
October 18: Persons Day
October 19 – 25: Invisible Disabilities Week
October 19 – 25: Ace Week
October 20 (sundown) - 25: Diwali
October 20 (sundown) - 25 Bandi Chhor Divas
October 21 (sundown) - 22: Birth of the Báb
October 22 (sundown) - 23: Birth of Bahá’u’lláh
October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 26: Intersex Awareness Day
October 31: Halloween
October 31 (evening) - November 1: Samhain / Samhuinn / Hallows
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