January 25, 2020
First recorded Covid case in Canada
May 3, 2020
Black Summer ends, Lake Clifton. 46,050,750 acres burnt
May 25, 2020
George Floyd murdered by Minneapolis police
March 11, 2020
Ontario’s first COVID-19 death
March 15, 2020
CERB benefits begin
March 23, 2020
Lockdown begins
March 18, 2020
Canadian border closes
May 18, 2020
130 countries sponsor first online World Health Assembly to combat COVID-19 together
March 12, 2020
Ontario schools shut down for two weeks
March 16, 2020
UofT moves classes online
May 26, 2020
BLM protests begin in America and spread to 60 countries
June 20, 2020
Peel Regional Police fatally shoot Ejaz Choudry
June 23, 2020
Canadian Art publishes Sean O’Neill’s article A Crisis of Whiteness in Canada’s Art Museums
July 2, 2020
Egyptian prisoner, Yasser Albaz returns to Canada
December 14, 2020
Canada’s first Covid vaccine administered (Quebec)
February 5, 2021
Kashmir Lockdown ends after 1 ½ years — longest in history
September 28, 2020
Racist nurses abuse and neglect Joyce Echaquan, causing her death (Quebec)
December 9, 2020
Health Canada authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
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October 25, 2020
Ontario man dies after being shot over social distancing dispute
January 6, 2021
Trump supporters attack the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C
March 5, 2021
Mi'kmaq Chiefs denounce DFO regulations imposed on Indigenous fishery
August 9, 2020
First Day of Farmers' Protest, India
October 2, 2020
Ontario announces province-wide mask policy
March 16, 2021
String of Asian hate crimes begin with targeted shooting at three spas in Atlanta
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June 6, 2021
Terrorist attack kills Muslim family in London, ON
May 15 2021
Palestinian movement in Toronto
June 1, 2021
750+ unmarked graves found at the Marieval Residential School
May 28, 2021
200 unmarked graves found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School
June 22, 2021
Homeless encampment clearings begin in Toronto
May 19, 2021
Texas bans abortion after 6 weeks
April 4, 2021
Hijab ban in Paris for girls under 18 years old
April 20, 2021
Quebec bans government workers from wearing religious symbols
May 1, 2021
Taliban takes control of Afghanistan
June 30, 2021
Town of Lytton, BC destroyed by wildfires
August 28, 2021
Toronto Tiny Shelters’s Khaleel Seivwright forced to step down due to legal fight with city
September 7, 2021
Ontario schools reopen with vaccination restrictions
September 20, 2021
Canadian Federal Election
September 22, 2021
Proof of vaccination is required to access certain settings in Ontario
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November 19, 2021
Health Canada approves Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for children aged 5-11
December 28, 2021
41 Ontario long-term care homes with Covid outbreak
October 15, 2021
Premier Doug Ford announces plan to lift all Covid restrictions in March of 2022
November 17, 2021
B.C. government declares third state of emergency of 2021 due to extreme flooding
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November 9, 2021
Climate Action Tracker report projects catastrophic 2.4°C rise in temperatures by 2030
November 26, 2021
WHO identifies and names Omicron as a variant of concern
September 30, 2021
Canada’s first Truth and Reconciliation Day
October 20, 2021
4 children killed by Syrian government on their way to school
December 31, 2021
Number of worldwide Covid-19 deaths reaches 5,456,645
January 22, 2022
DesignTO exhibition begins
