One way of promoting greater inclusion of all staff and students is by acknowledging the significant days, festivals or other events not already recognised, for example, by an Australian or state holiday. An edited selection of these days is provided below. More comprehensive diversity calendars are also available for free. For example, the Australian Department of Social Services lists the days celebrated by Australia's major ethnic and religious communities. The United Nations also provides a list of the days, weeks, years, and decades that they observe, each with a designated theme or topic.

Date

 
International Women's Day

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Harmony Day

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International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia
and Biphobia (IDAHOT Day)

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National Sorry Day

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Saturday, 27 May - Saturday, 3 June

National Reconciliation Week

http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw

NAIDOC Week

http://www.naidoc.org.au

National Science Week

https://www.science.unsw.edu.au/sciwk17

 Young people (especially
young women and girls) getting involved in science

Wear It Purple Day

http://www.wearitpurple.org

R U OK? Day

https://www.ruok.org.au/

Mental Health Month

http://mentalhealthmonth.wayahead.org.au

World Mental Health Day

https://1010.org.au

Anti-Poverty Week

http://www.antipovertyweek.org.au/

Intersex Awareness Day

http://intersexday.org/en/

Transgender Day of Rememberance

https://tdor.info/

National Go Home on Time Day

http://www.gohomeontimeday.org.au/

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday

World AIDS Day

http://www.worldaidsday.org.au

 
International Day of People with Disability

http://www.idpwd.com.au