Health and Fitness Calendar

Health and Fitness Calendar

This Calendar includes a variety of events, workshop and special days/weeks. To assist you, the following color coding will be used:

MPETA	PHE Canada Programs	MECY Workshops
Other Organization Workshops	Healthy Schools Programs	Manitoba in motion
Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

*Health Promotion Dates are from Health Canada www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/conferences/calend/index-eng.php

February 2010
Heart Month

March 2010
"Help Fight Liver Disease" Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Kidney Month
National Nutrition Month
Red Cross Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Social Work Month

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 MPETA Journal Deadline	2	3	4	5	6
7	8 International Women's Day Brain Awareness Week (8-14)	9	10	11 Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (11-17)	12 World Glaucoma Day	13
14 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEGINS National Farm Safety Week (14-20)	15	16 Brain Awareness Week (16-22)	17 ST PATRICKS DAY	18	19	20 SPRING EQUINOX
21	22 World Day for Water	23 World Meteorological Day	24 World Tuberculosis Day	25	26	27
28	29 Spring Break Begins	30 JEWISH PASSOVER	31

April 2010
Earth Month
National Cancer Month
Oral Health Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
Parkinson Awareness Month
Daffodil Month: Cancer Awareness

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2 Spring Break Ends GOOD FRIDAY	3
4 EASTER SUNDAY	5 Welcome back! EASTER MONDAY	6	7 World Health Day	8	9	10
11 National Volunteer Week (11-17)	12	13	14	15	16	17 Equality Day (Canada) International Hemophilia Day
18 National Immunization Awareness Week (18-24) National Dental Hygienists Week(18-24) National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week (18-24)	19	20	21	22 Earth Day	23	24
25	26	27	28 National Day of Mourning: Remembering lives lost or injured in the workplace	29	30

May 2010
Speech and Hearing Month
Cystic Fibrosis Month
Medic-Alert/Allergy Awareness Month
National Physiotherapy Month
Foot Health Awareness Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
2 Emergency Preparedness Week (2-8) Occupational Safety and Health Week(2-8) National Hospice Palliative Care Week(2-8) Spinal Health Week(2-8) National Summer Safety Week(2-8)	3 Mental Health Week (3-8)	4	5 World Asthma Day	6 International No Diet Day	7	8 World Red Cross Day
9 MOTHERS DAY	10 WHO, Move for Health Day National Nursing Week (10-15) National Road Safety Week (10-15)	11	12 Canada Health Day International Nursing Day Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome National Awareness Day	13	14	15 International Day of Families
16 Aboriginal Awareness Week (16-22)	17 National Day Against Homophobia	18	19 World Hepatitis Day	20	21	22 International Day for Biological Diversity
16 Aboriginal Awareness Week (16-22)	MPETA Journal Deadline	18	19 World Hepatitis Day	20	21	22 International Day for Biological Diversity
23 National Sun Awareness Week (23-29)	24 VICTORIA DAY	25 National Missing Children’s Day	26	27	28 National Multiple Births Awareness Day	29
30	31 World No-Tobacco Day Environment Week (31-6)

June 2010
Stroke Awareness Month
ALS Awareness Month (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
National Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
Seniors Month
National Athletic Therapy Month

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 National Water Safety Week (1-7) Commuter Challenge (1-5)	2	3	4 Clean Air Day	5 World Environment Day
6	7 National Cancer Survivors Day	8 World Oceans Day	9	10	11	12
13	14 World Blood Donor Day	15	16	17	18	19
20 FATHERS DAY	21 SUMMER SOLSTICE National Aboriginal Day	22	23	24	25	26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
27	28	29	30

July 2010

August 2010
First Aid

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 World Breastfeeding Week (1-7)
2	3 CIVIC HOLIDAY	4	5	6	7	8
9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People	10	11	12 International Youth Day	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25 MECY Summer Institute	26 MECY Summer Institute	27 MECY Summer Institute	28 MECY Summer Institute	29
30	31

September 2010
National Arthritis Month
Ovarian Cancer Month
Breakfast for Learning Month

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3	7
5	6 LABOR DAY	7 Welcome Back!!!	8 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Awareness Day	9	10	11 AIDS Walk Week (12-20) Canadian Patient Safety Week (12-20)
12 GRANDPARENTS DAY Prostate Cancer Awareness Week(13-19)	13 MPETA Journal Deadline	14	15 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer	16	17	18 JEWISH NEW YEAR
12 GRANDPARENTS DAY Prostate Cancer Awareness Week(13-19)	13 MPETA Journal Deadline	14		16	17	Interlake in motion Conference in Arborg
19	20 World Alzheimer's Day	21 FALL EQUINOX	22	23	24 Terry Fox National School Run Day	25
26 Mental Illness Awareness Week (27-3)	27 YOM KIPPUR World Heart Day	28	29	30

October 2010
Autism Month
Celiac Awareness Month
Eye Health Month
Influenza Immunization Awareness Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Occupational Therapy Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
SIDS Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness
National Child Abuse Prevention
International Walk to School Month
Healthy Workplace Month
SIDS Awareness Month (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				International Day for Older Person National Family Week (1-7)	1 World Habitat Day	2
3 International Walk to School Week (4-8)	4	5	6	7 International Walk to School Day	8	9 World Mental Health Day International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
10	11 THANKSGIVING DAY	12	13	14	15 World Food Day	16 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17 Persons Day in Canada National School Safety Week (17-23) Safe Crossing Week (18-22) Healthy Workplace Week (18-24)	18	19	20	21 MPETA TUCK	22 MPETA SAG	23
	18	19	20	International Stuttering Awareness Day	22 MPETA SAG	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31 HALLOWEEN

November 2010
Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month
C.P.R. Awareness Month
Diabetes Month
Amaryllis Month (Huntington Society)
Osteoporosis Month

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 National Down Syndrome Awareness Week (1-7)	2	3	4	5 National Seniors Safety Week (6-12)	6
7 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ENDS	8	9	10	11	12	13
14 World Diabetes Day	15	16	17 National Addiction Awareness Week (18-24) National Memory Screening Day World COPD Day	18	19 Universal Children's Day / National Child Day	20
21	22	23 National Home Fire Safety Week (24-30)	24 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women	25	26	27
28	29 MPETA Journal Deadline	30

December 2010

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 World AIDS Day	2 International Day of Disabled Persons	3	4 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
5 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women In Canada	6	7	8	9 Human Rights Day	10	11 HANUKKAH (12-19)
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20 WINTER SOLSTICE	21	22	23	24	25 CHRISTMAS DAY
26 BOXING DAY	27	28	29	30	31 NEW YEARS EVE

January 2011
Alzheimer Awareness Month