National Day of Mourning (Canadian observance)

Young workers aged from 15 to 24 are more likely than any other group to be injured on the job, in fact 1/3 of all injuries occur in this age group, and males are twice as likely to be injured as female workers. The highest rate of injury happens in construction and hospitality industries. These rates have led to specific laws in many provinces that provide for additional and special training for young and new workers. Due to these statistics, there has been renewed push to use this holiday to educate young workers of their rights in schools. ==Canadian monuments==

Major monuments in Canada have been erected and dedicated to workers whose lives have been who have been killed and injured on the job. • The Canadian Young Workers Memorial Quilt -The LifeQuilt with individual, personalized quilted blocks commemorated 100 young workers is a memorial dedicated to the thousands of young women and men between the ages of 14 and 24 killed on the job. • Canadian Labour Congress Monument, Vincent Massey Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - This monument was dedicated on April 28, 1987, one year after the Canadian Labour Congress had officially established April 28 as the Day of Mourning to workers killed and injured on the job. • Falconbridge Mural, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada • Milestones of Labour, Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Sculpture by Rob Moir and Sally Lawrence • Miner's Memorial Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada. Sculpture by Rob Moir and Sally Lawrence • Rideau Canal Fabric Mural Memorial, Kingston, Ontario, Canada • Fire Fighter's Monument, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada • "Breaking Ground" Hoggs Hollow Memorial, Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 'Their Light Shall Always Shine' Memorial Park, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia is a park and memorial dedicated to the 26 miners who lost their lives in a horrific mining explosion on May 9, 1992. http://ns1763.ca/pictouco/westraymem.html • "Broken Families Obelisk" Grant Notley Park, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • Welland Canal Fallen Workers Memorial, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada The BC Labour Heritage Centre maintains an interactive map recording all monuments and plaques dedicated to working-class people in British Columbia, over fifty sites of which are Day of Mourning specific. ==International monuments==

Monuments around the world have been erected and dedicated to workers whose lives have been who have been killed and injured on the job. • Hoover Dam Monument, Boulder City, Nevada, US • Airplane and Fishermen Monument, Hedinsfjordur, Iceland • Workers Memorial Day Stained Glass Window, Birmingham, England • Deceased Workers Memorial Forest [Adelaide South Australia] • National Deceased Workers Memorial (Workers Glade) [Canberra Australia] • The Workers Memorial [St Helens, England] ==See also==