EVENTS


Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with us at the TCDSB

2022 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

May & Beyond

2022

Asian Heritage Month Celebration




Events

During Catholic Education Week


May 2-6

MAY & JUNE

ASIAN ATHLETES HALL OF FAME 2022

Asian Athlete Hall of Fame Competition (4-12)

MAY 4

LAUNCH.

My Family Recipe Book

(K-12)

MAY 4

LIVESTREAM 10-11am

Asian Athletic Excellence

Vicky Sunohara

(4-6)

MAY 6

COMMUNITY EVENT: LIMITLESS LANKA

Logo Contest K-12

Deadline May 6

MAY 7

COMMUNITY EVENT

Virtual Asian Heritage Month Anniversary Celebration

2 pm via Zoom


See poster here

See more offerings

MAY 9

LIVESTREAM AUTHOR READ ALOUD

"Geetha and the Dot"

10:45 AM & 1:00 PM

(K-3)

MAY 9

VIRTUAL COMPETITION PUBLICATION & ANNOUNCEMENT

Representation Matters: Alpha Education's Spoken Word and Artwork(6-12)

MAY 9

VIDEO

RELEASE

Teta and Jiddo's Kitchen

(K-12)

MAY 10

SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGE

#tcdsbveryasianlunch

Trending proudly with our very Asian lunches! Tag on Twitter or Instagram for a chance to win a prize! (4-8)

MAY 10

MAPA STAFF WORKSHOP

Anti-Asian Racism Workshop Time: TBD

(MAPA staff only)

MAY 11

ALL DAY CONFERENCE

Anti-Racism Conference

(7-12)

MAY 12

EDUCATION ROUNDTABLE

Asian Connections to the Canadian Military

9:00 to 10:00 AM (7-12)

See poster here

MAY 13

SINGING COMPETITION DEADLINE

Pinoy Song Competition

(K-12)


Register for Performance on June 13

MAY 16

PRAYER LIVESTREAM REFLECTION

NCC for Tamil Genocide Week Time: 9:45 AM to 10:00 AM

(K-12)

MAY 16

LIVESTREAM

Indonesian Shadow Puppets

10:00-10:45 AM (K-4)

MAY 17

K-POP DANCE LIVESTREAM

Time: 10:30 to 11:00 AM

(6-12)

Now in June

LIVESTREAM

Meet the Voice Behind Bugs Bunny

10:00 to 11:30 AM (K-6)

MAY 20

LIVESTREAM

Asian Dance: Bharatanatyam & Bollywood Dance


Time: 9:15 to 10:00 AM (5-12)

MAY 24

MESSAGE FROM BISHOP NGUYEN

MAY 24

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

St. Mother Teresa CSS hosts "Celebrating Diversity & Inclusion"

(9-12)12-1:20 PM

MAY 25

VIRTUAL PARENT WEBINAR

Zoom Webinar for the parent community. Topic/Time TBD

(Parent Community)

MAY 25

PUBLICATION

Cross-Curricular Inquiry Resource: Asian Animals and the Environment (Laudato Si' Week)

(4-12)

MAY 26

LIVESTREAM

An Honest Hour with Asian-Canadian TCDSB Alumni

Time: 10:00 -11:30 AM

(4-8)

MAY 27

RESOURCE PUBLICATION

Asian Reel Film Festival


MAY 28

COMMUNITY EVENT

Virtual Health Talk Show - Fatty Liver with Dr. Edward Lin, Gastroenterologist

Time: 2:00 PM

(For the community)


Note: Session is delivered in Cantonese

JUNE 1 & 3

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

Chinese Brush Painting

Time: 9:15 to 10:15 AM (4-8)

JUNE 4

VIDEO RELEASE

TCDSB Exclusive interview with award-winning Chef Nuit

JUNE 8

LIVESTREAM PANEL: CHANGEMAKERS

Proudly Pinoy Role Models Livestream

Visit Site for More Details

JUNE 13

TCDSB'S PINOY SONG PERFORMANCE

Time: 10 to 11 AM

Join the winners of the song contest as they perform with celebrity singer and theatre artist, Ms. Maan Dionisio of Ms. Saigon

(K-12)

Submit Questions Here!

PUBLICATION

2022 Author Read-Aloud Resources for K-3

PUBLICATION

Link to TCDSB's 2022 Filipino/a/x-Canadian Heritage Month Celebration

PAST EVENTS

2021 Asian-Canadian Heritage Month Events and Celebrations

RESOURCES

Asian-Canadian Heritage Collection

Sinhala & Tamil

New Year-April

01-Sri Lankan New Year School Poster 2022.pdf


Many countries in the world celebrate the new year in 1st of January. Yet there are several calendars around the world that celebrates different days to welcome New Year. In Sri Lanka, new year celebrations start on 13th of April and end in 14th of the month. Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The biggest celebration in Sri Lanka that features a load of rituals and customs is one of the must things to experience in your holiday on the island. Based on the sun’s movement from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pieces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries) Sri Lankan welcomes the new year in April with a lot of firecrackers, fireworks and gourmet of traditional sweets…

Sri Lanka New Year Traditions

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