Democracy Day (Canada) Democracy Day (Canada) Democracy Day is a project initiated by Fair Vote Canada "to celebrate and reflect upon Canadian democracy." On August 2, 2011, Fair Vote Canada launched Democracy Day and Democracy Week in Canada annual events encouraging participation, education, and celebration of Canadian democracy. In its first year events were held by different groups in cities across Canada. Fair Vote Canada designated Democracy Day to be Canada's celebration of the United Nations International Day of Democracy and Democracy Week to be the seven-day calendar week in which Democracy Day falls (September 15 each year). A number of Canadian non-profit
Labor Thanksgiving Day is still held privately by the Imperial House of Japan on the same day as Labor Thanksgiving Day, which has become a public national holiday. May 1 is also celebrated as Labor Day by many trade unions in Japan, which hold large rallies and marches in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Labor Thanksgiving Day Events are held throughout Japan, one such being the Nagano Labor Festival. The event encourages thinking about the environment, peace and human rights. Early-grade elementary students often create drawings for the holiday and give them as gifts to local kōbans (neighborhood police stations). Labor Thanksgiving Day is