As part of the Yes, It Matters: Addressing Systemic Racism campaign, profiles of leaders and heritage month highlights are recognized to share the diversity and work within labour and our communities. Click on the profiles below to learn more and share.
2025
2024
- January - Tamil Heritage Month - Pongal
- January - Tamil Heritage Month - Darshika Selvasivam
- February - Black History Month - Vera Codjoe
- March - Bangladeshi Heritage Month - Shahidul Islam
- April - Sikh Heritage Month - Jagmeet Singh
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Joe Miyazawa
- June - National Indigenous History Month - Audrey Huntley
- June - National Indigenous History Month - Brent Pelletier
- June - National Indigenous History Month - Crystal Sinclair
- June - National Indigenous History Month - Krista Maracle
- June - National Indigenous History Month - Melissa Somer
- October - Islamic History Month Canada
- October - Somali Heritage Month - Sarah Jama
- November - Hindu Heritage Month and Diwali
2023
- January - Tamil Heritage Month - Dharsha Jagatheeswaran
- February - Black History Month - Ainsworth Spence
- February - Black History Month - Millie Burgess
- February - Black History Month - Dr. Jill Andrew
- March - Bangladeshi Heritage Month - Neamat Imam
- April - Sikh Heritage Month - Gagandeep Kaur
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Keith Menezes
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Dr. Tak Wah Mak
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Julie Quynh Nhi Tran
- June - Indigenous History Month - Wab Kinew
- June - Indigenous History Month - Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action #22
- June - Indigenous History Month - Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action #23
- June - Indigenous History Month - Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action #24
- June - Filipino Heritage Month - Martha Ocampo
- September - Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Day - (September 7)
- September - Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Day - Michael Luchkovich
- September - Truth and Reconciliation Week (September 25-30)
- September - Franco-Ontarian Day - Mamadou Bah (September 25)
- September - Orange Shirt Day: National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (September 30)
- October - Islamic Heritage Month - Mohammed Hashim
- October - Somali Heritage Month - Abdi Hagi Yusuf
- November - Hindi Heritage Month - Vinay Sharma
- November - Diwali Festival of Lights - (November 12)
- January - Tamil Heritage Month - Ram Selvarajah
- February - Black History Month - Karen Brown
- February - Black History Month - Abdalla Idris
- February - Black History Month - Hodan A. Mohamed
- February - Black History Month - Gary Pieters
- March - Bangladeshi Heritage Month - Shaila Kibria Carter
- March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21)
- April - Sikh Heritage Month - Jaspal Singh Brar
- April - Remembering the Collapse of Rana Plaza (April 24)
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Dr. Ralph Chatoor
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Tam Goossen
- May - Jewish Heritage Month
- June - National Indigenous History Month Profiles Combined (PDF)
- June - National Indigenous History Month - The Importance of Moccasins
- June - National Indigenous History Month - Gavin Lawrence
- June - National Indigenous History Month - There Can Be No Reconciliation Without Truth
- June - National Indigenous History Month - Dr. Nadine Caron
- June - National Indigenous History Month - June is National Indigenous History Month
- June - Filipino Heritage Month - Paulina Corpuz
- August - Emancipation Day in Canada
- September - Ukrainian Heritage Day - (September 7)
- September - Orange Shirt Day: National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (September 30)
- October - Somali Heritage Month - Habiba Adan
- October - Islamic Heritage Month
- October - Latin American Heritage Month and Hispanic Heritage Month
- October - Diwali (October 24)
- October - Remembering Sri-Guggan Sri-Skanda-Rajah (Aug. 14, 1942 - October 9, 2022)
- November - Hindu Heritage Month
2021
- January - Tamil Heritage Month - Neethan Shan
- January - Tamil Heritage Month - Sri-Guggan Sri-Skanda-Rajah
- February - Black History Month - Dudley Laws
- February - Black History Month - Charles Roach
- March - Bangladeshi Heritage Month - Dr. Shafi Bhuiyan
- March - Bangladeshi Heritage Month - Doly Begum
- April - Sikh Heritage Month - Bhupinder Sanghera
- April - Sikh Heritage Month - Sundar Singh Thandi
- April - Remembering the Collapse of Rana Plaza
- May - Asian Heritage Month
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Jojo Geronimo
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Kingsley Kwok
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Ruth Lor Malloy
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Winnie Ng
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Frank Saptel
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Gogi Bhandal
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Gobi Sooriyakumar
- May - Asian Heritage Month - Sumu Sathi
- May - Jewish Heritage Month - Mount Sinai
- June - Indigenous History Month - Merv King
- June - Indigenous History Month - Calls to Action on Missing Children and Burial Information (71 & 72)
- June - Indigenous History Month - Calls to Action on Missing Children and Burial Information (73 & 74)
- June - Indigenous History Month - Calls to Action on Missing Children and Burial Information (75 & 76)
- June - National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21)
- June - Juneteenth
- August - Emancipation Day in Canada
- September - National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (September 30)
- October - Islamic Heritage Month
- October - Latin American Heritage Month - Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta
- November - Hindu Heritage Month and Diwali
