Click on the image above to download the August calendar of dates important to communities in Chatham-Kent. Click on the text in the calendar to learn more about each date.

If you are printing the calendar, please print on Legal size paper.

If you are sharing with partners, please use our external website version.

Please contact us if you notice dates missing or errors DEIJ@chatham-kent.ca or x. 2447

How to Use the DEIJ Calendar

Use this calendar to inform programming, scheduling, and to better understand colleagues and communities we serve. For example:

• Avoid scheduling events on days important to communities in CK to ensure everyone can participate and show respect for each other.
• Supervisors: Colleagues may request time off to honour important dates. Employers have a duty to accommodate employee's creed to the point of undue hardship, including providing time off for religious holidays. Learn more from the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

Remember that outside of these holidays, people may have regular prayer, reflection, or fasting practices.

We encourage you to get to know your team - find out what days and holidays are important to each other, if and how these days should be acknowledged.

Community Events

We post information about community events throughout the month in the 'Engage' section of the DEIJ Employee Portal.

Some of the important events to know about this month:

August 1st: Emancipation Day

Honouring the date the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect across the British Empire. Learn about local Black History year-round from local Black Historic sites!

August 10-18: CK Pride Week

Join any event, but especially the flag raising on August 12th and the municipal entry in the Pride parade August 17th - we'll be leading the parade!

August 29: International Overdose Awareness Day event

Join events in Chatham and Wallaceburg on Thursday, August 29th from 3-6PM as part of a campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died, and acknowledge the grief of family and friends left behind.