1. World Health Day
April 7th

2. World Health Day
Marks Founding date of WHO in 1948   The theme for 2013 is high blood pressure.

3. Yom HaShoah Also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Commemorates the lives and heroism of Jewish people who died in the Holocaust (1933 and 1945)

4. Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Berlin, Germany
Memorial  to the Jewish victims of the
Holocaust, designed by architect Peter
Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold

5. The Holocaust Memorial consists of a 19,000 square metre site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs

6. International Roma Day
April 8th

7. International Roma Day
The Romani Diaspora began 1000 years ago from what is now Northern India.
Europe’s largest minority group
Voiceless for centuries.
Continue to be persecuted and systematically discriminated against .

8. International Day of Pink
April 10
Created by two high school youth
Started in Cambridge, Nova Scotia
Supported a young student bullied for wearing pink

9. International Day of Pink
DayofPink.org
Anyone can take part
Wear pink in support of diversity
Hold events and activities
Engage your community and
challenge gender stereotypes

10. Baisakhi (Hinduism/Sikhism/Buddhism)

11. Baisakhi Traditionally honoured by…. Visiting a place of worship
Participating in a mela (fair) I
Indulging in mithai (sweets), fruits, and lassi
taking a ritual bath of renewal

12. International Day of Silence
April 19
Student-led action towards creating safer schools for all
Regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender
expression.

13. International Day of Silence
Anti-LGBT bullying and harassment affects all students
Working together proactively to bring attention to the anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment experienced by all students

14. Earth Day
April 22

15. Tree, by David Suzuki and Wayne Grady
Canadian academic,science 
broadcaster and 
environmental activist
IN THE
LIBRARY:
Tree, by David Suzuki and Wayne Grady

16. Mahavir Jayanti
Jainism is an ancient religion of India that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings.

17. Mahavir Jayanti Self-effort to advance the soul up the spiritual
ladder to divine consciousness
The state of Supreme Being is called "Jina".
‘Maha’ means great and ‘vira’ means a hero

18. National Day of Mourning
April 28
A day of remembrance for workers who have been killed or injured on the job in Canada