Click on the image above to download the May 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

If you are planning an event for Cinco de Mayo, please review our resource about respectful Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

Community Events:

You may want to participate in community events related to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice:

• May 3-5 there are community events in honour of National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people. Learn more on the DEIJ Employee Portal.
• May 29 the Accessibility Advisory Committee is encouraging people to wear red for Easter Seal’s Red Shirt Day of Action for Accessibility and Inclusion.

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

How to Use the DEIJ Calendar

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

Other ways to use this calendar:

• Avoid scheduling events (for staff or community) on days important to communities in CK to ensure everyone can participate and show respect for each other.
• Supervisors: People may ask for time off or for flexibility to honour some of these 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 or reflection practices. For example, Friday afternoons are a significant time of prayer for some people of Muslim faith.

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.

Outlook Calendar

Did you know you can access more information about each date through a DEIJ Outlook calendar?

To get access to the calendar, email DEIJ@chatham-kent.ca or call x. 2447