Month |
Occasion |
Organization |
Colour |
March |
Paralympics Anniversary |
City of Vancouver |
Red |
March |
World Kidney Day |
The Hospital for Sick Children |
Orange |
March |
Nowruz: The Spring Equinox and Persian New Year |
Farsi dar BC |
Green |
March |
World Water Day |
Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology |
Blue |
March |
World Tuberculosis Day |
BC for Disease Control |
Red |
March |
International Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness |
BC Epilepsy Society |
Purple |
April |
National Dental Hygienists Week |
Canadian Dental Hygienists Association |
Purple |
April |
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorders Awareness Month |
International Association for Premenstrual Disorders |
Teal |
April |
Green Shirt Day - Support victims and families of Humboldt Broncos bus crash |
Green Shirt Day |
Green |
April |
World Parkinson's Day |
Parkinson Society of British Columbia |
Teal |
April |
Earth Day/ Earth Hour |
City of Vancouver |
Green |
April |
National Organ Tissue Donation Awareness Week |
BC Transplant |
Green |
April |
Rotary Polio Walk |
Rotary District 5040 |
Yellow |
May |
ExplorASIAN Festival |
The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society |
Red |
May |
CanLitTeal - Ovarian Cancer Awareness |
AusLitTeal - Parent organisation for CanLitTeal |
Teal |
May |
Shine a Light on NF - Genetic Disorder Neurofibromatosis |
Tumour Foundation of BC |
Blue |
May |
Lightitup4HD - Awareness for Huntington Disease |
Huntington Society of Canada |
Blue |
May |
World IBD Day - Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Crohn's and Colitis Canada - Vancouver Chapter |
Purple |
May |
National Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day |
BC Schizophrenia Society |
Purple |
May |
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month |
Cystic Fibrosis Canada |
Blue |
June |
National Deafblind Awareness Month |
Canadian Deafblind Association |
Blue |
June |
Ride Don't Hide for Mental Health |
Canadian Mental Health Association Vacnouver-Fraser |
Green |
June |
International Day of African Child |
Save African Children |
Blue |
August |
World Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia (PVNH) Disorder Awareness Day |
PVNH Support and Awareness |
Pink |
August |
Cypress Challenge - Raising money for pancreatic cancer research |
Hosted by Glotman Simpson Cycling in benefit of BC Cancer Foundation |
Yellow |
September |
World PCOS Day of Unity |
PCOS Challenge: The National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association |
|
September |
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month |
Prostate Cancer Canada |
Light blue |
September |
World Sepsis Day |
Centre for International Child Health, BC Children's Hospital |
Pink |
September |
World Lymphoma Awareness Day |
Lymphoma Research Foundation |
Red |
September |
Big Brothers Big Sisters Month |
Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver |
Purple |
September |
Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week |
MitoCanada Foundation |
Green |
September |
International Recovery Day - Awareness of pathways to recovery from substance abuse |
International Recovery Day, Inc |
Purple |
October |
International Trigeminal Neuralgia Day |
2018 - Canadian Trigeminal Neuralgia Association, 2019 - Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me |
Blue |
October |
International Wave of Light - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day |
Lights of Love |
Pink |
October |
Waste Reduction Week |
Recycling Council of BC |
Green |
November |
Light the World in Teal - Alzheimer Awareness |
Alzheimer's Foundation of America |
Teal |
November |
Pancreatic Cancer Day |
BC Cancer |
Purple |
November |
World Diabetes |
JDRF |
Blue |
November |
National Children's Grief Awareness Day |
Rainbows for all Children Canada Inc |
Blue |
November |
Stomach Cancer Awareness Day |
Stomach Cancer Foundation of Canada |
Blue |
December |
YWCA Light up the Night - In honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women |
YWCA Metro Vancouver |
Red |