National Day Against Homophobia in Canada
National Day Against Homophobia in Canada is held on May 17. This event in the second decade of the month May is annual. 
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May 17 marks the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia & Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Created in 2004, IDAHOBIT seeks to raise awareness of the discrimination and violence that is experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and two-spirit (LGBTQI2S) persons around the world. The commemorative date of May 17 also coincides with the 1990 World Health Organization (WHO) decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness.
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International Boys Day on May 16
Energy Conservation Week in Ontario, Canada on May 17 (is about the power of collective action);
Victoria Day in Canada on May 18 (Earliest possible date of the last Monday preceding May 25);
National Patriots' Day or Journée nationale des patriotes on May 18 (Quebec, Canada; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24);
National Seal Day in Canada on May 20 (In response to this, Bill S-208 was Royally Assented on May 16th, 2017, designating May 20th annually as National Seal Products Day, and to recognize the importance of the seal hunt for Canada’s Indigenous people, coastal communities and entire population);
Count Every Kilowatt Day in Canada on May 29
Fei Fei Day on June 1 (Vancouver - Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan has declared June 1, 2008 a day to commemorate Hong Kong comedienne Lydia Shum. Sullivan designated what would have been Shum's 63rd birthday "Ms. Fei-fei Day.");
Brain Injury Awareness Month in Canada on June 1
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