If you haven’t heard, Canada is celebrating its second National Kindness Week from February 12-19, 2022. We’re super excited to be taking part and we hope you’ll be able to join in too!
Passed as a private members bill by Senator Jim Munson, Bill S-223, the Kindness Week Act, received Royal Assent on June 3, 2021 to become law in Canada, designating the third week in February as National Kindness Week.
The inspiration for this bill, the late Rabbi Reuven Bulka, founder of Kind Canada, started the first Kindness Week in Ottawa 14 years ago, and with the passing of this bill, Canada is now the first country in the world to pass such legislation.
The annual, week-long celebration encourages Canadians from coast to coast to coast to celebrate acts of kindness, volunteerism and charitable giving to the benefit of all Canadians, and will connect individuals and organisations to share resources, information and tools to foster more acts of kindness.
There are a number of events and activities planned for the inaugural celebration of National Kindness Week that we’re encouraging everyone across Canada to take part in:
- Watch the National Kindness Week Press Conference:
Dial-in details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81178274133 | February 15 at 9 a.m. (EST) - Download the Global Dignity colouring book: https://globaldignity.org/coloring-books/
Share Your Acts of Kindness
Share how you’re celebrating National Kindness Week by sharing your acts of kindness using #UniteKindness and check out all of the kind actions aggregated from around the world: globaldignity.org/unitekindness
Amplify National Kindness Week on Social Media
Remember to use #UniteKindness and tag Global Dignity Canada on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
We look forward to celebrating kindness with you and all of our fellow Canadians!
Global Dignity is a non-religious, non-political organisation committed to empowering everyone with the right to lead a dignified life.
It was co-founded by HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and our supporters include former Governor General, Michaelle Jean, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ashley Callingbull and representatives of all of Canada’s political parties.
Global Dignity Canada’s ongoing #UniteKindness campaign aggregates and showcases kindness campaigns around the world.
Since the launch of the #UniteKindness campaign in May of 2020, over 3.5 million acts of kindness have been aggregated across 40 kindness campaigns. Anyone can participate and take part by sharing a photo or video of an act of kindness on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #UniteKindness.
Visit www.globaldignity.org/unitekindness to celebrate our collective impact!
