Lighting the CN Tower in Red!
The CN Tower will light up in red again to raise awareness for 22q on Saturday, November 22nd, 2025! Lighting begins at sunset (4:48 pm on November 22nd) and will become fully visible when the sky darkens about 30 minutes later, at about 5:18 pm.
We chose November 22nd (“22/11”) as a play on the name of the conditions, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS or simply 22q) and 22q11.2 duplication syndrome (22q11.2DupS). The lighting of the CN Tower was part of the “Luces por el 22q/Lighting the 22q” international awareness movement that began in Spain in 2018. Buildings in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Finland, and the city of Philadelphia, United States, were lit up as part of the movement on the 22nd of November in previous years. In 2021, Toronto joined this international awareness movement. We continue to be a national leader in providing care for families through clinics at the Toronto General Hospital and at SickKids Hospital, and in internationally renowned research into adult outcomes and genetics.
We invite you and your city/town to join this international movement of lighting up buildings and monuments in red. Some buildings may already have an online system for submitting lighting requests. If you do not find an online form, you can use this letter to request red lighting for Saturday, November 22nd, 2025. Fill in the name of the building and the city or town, then email or mail the letter to the government or organization that manages the building.
Please click the Google Photo links below to see photos from previous years:
Raising Awareness about 22q in UHN
22q is not well-known, even among medical professionals. In order to raise awareness, we displayed our poster about 22q on the computers of the University Health Network (UHN) in November from 2021 to 2023. The healthcare professionals we aimed to reach are those who work at the Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, and Toronto Rehab – University Centre.
Please feel free click to download the following poster in jpg or pdf format. Together, let’s raise awareness for 22q!
