Holodomor Memorial Day
4th Saturday of November
Marked worldwide on the 4th Saturday of November (the 4th Friday of November in schools), Holodomor Memorial Day marks a day of awareness of the Ukrainian genocide, known as the Holodomor, that occurred through starvation policies from 1932 - 1933 in Ukraine. The Government of Canada officially recognized the Holodomor as a genocide in 2008.