Today@Dal

See below for a sample of dates to observe, reflect, celebrate or promote throughout the university community.
The full calendar is available on the website, http://www.dal.ca/dept/dalrespect/about/calendar.html

November 23
Feast of Qawl (BA)
First day of the fourteenth month of the Baha’i Calendar.

November 24
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (SI)
This was an extremely important event in Sikh history that had a profound impact on the future direction of Sikhism, the religion of the Sikhs. Guru Tegh Bahadar, the ninth Sikh Guru, undertook the supreme sacrifice for the protection of the most fundamental of human rights – the right of a person to freely practice his or her religion without interference or hindrance. He is honoured and remembered as the man who championed the rights for all religious freedom.

November 25
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (SI)
Founder of the Sikh faith and first of the Ten Gurus, was born in 1469 CE. He was an accomplished poet; 974 of his hymns are contained in the Sikh Scriptures, the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Lokashah Jayanti (JA)
The full moon of the calendar’s first month is a time to celebrate the births of revered and scholarly persons. The most famous of these is the Fifteenth-century reformer Lonka Saha whose opposition to temple worship and the use of images led to the founding of the Sthanakavasi sect, which emphasizes scholarship.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (UN)
Women’s activists have marked November 25 as a day against violence since 1981. On December 17, 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The UN invited governments, international organizations, and NGOs to organize activities designated to raise public awareness of the problem on this day as an International observance.
Day of the covenant (BA)
Celebrates the anniversary of the appointment of ‘Abdul-Baha, the son of Baha’u’llah, as the Center of the Covenant.

November 26
Thanksgiving Day (US)
In the United States, Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day legal holiday to express gratitude for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

November 28
Ascension of Abdul’Baha (BA)
On November 28, at 1 a.m. Baha’is around the world commemorate the moment that ‘Abdu’l-Baha passed away in 1921. It was a fairly unexpected event, though ‘Abdu’l-Baha had made some comments in the preceding month to the effect that He had completed His work and was ready to leave this life.

November 29
Advent begins (CH-E)
Advent is a season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus, in other words, the period immediately before Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western Christian year and commences on Advent Sunday.