International Day of Happiness
International Day of Happiness: March 20
International Day of Happiness highlights how actions like embracing mindfulness and practicing gratitude can cultivate meaningful, lasting happiness — even in difficult times. Happiness and hardship can coexist, and by engaging in activities that nurture gratitude, connection, and purpose, we can intentionally foster and sustain a deeper sense of happiness throughout our lives.
Happiness Reflected
Happiness Reflected: Creative Expressions, Vol. 4 will be published March 20.
Happiness Reflected: Creative Expressions Collection, Vol. 4
Happiness Reflected is a collection of original creative works from our campus community that Days of Action has curated intentionally for Happiness Day.
Read the chapbook. Immerse yourself in the collection, reflect on the questions throughout to engage with your own experience of happiness, and consider the artist’s intention to deepen your connection to the work.
Happiness Reflected Podcast: Season 4
Listen to Season 4.
This podcast is about reflecting on how to cultivate meaningful happiness in our lives while listening to University of Alberta community members discuss how they explored perspectives of their own happiness in relation to their original poems, stories, visual art and songs they submitted to this project.
Listen to Happiness Reflected at the links below or wherever you find podcasts.
Events
Breaks to boost happiness
Join us for events to energize and ground yourself.
Community of Care Stations
Rutherford Atrium and Sperber Library
March 16, 2026
11 a.m. - 1 p.m
Drop in
Rock Climbing
Wilson Climbing center
March 17, 2026
2:30 - 4 p.m.
Register here
Zine Making
Education 4th floor atrium
March 18, 2026
5 - 6 p.m.
Register here
Drumming Circle
Studio 2-7, Fine Arts Building Building
March 19, 2026
5 - 6 p.m.
Register Here
Beyond Happiness: The Mindful Path to Wellbeing
Zoom
March 20, 2026
12 - 1 p.m.
Register Here
Happiness Day Calendar
March 1-30, 2026
We've pulled together a diverse range of activities to participate in or tips and learning opportunities that relate to cultivating happiness during the month of March. Try one or as many events and tips as you like and enter to win a draw prize. One ballot entry per activity. Click on a calendar event to get further information.
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama