Dec 6, 2023 – 34 years ago today 14 women at l’École Polytechnique de Montreal were killed in a vile act of gender-based violence. Most of the women were studying to be engineers. On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, and all days, we remember them:
Geneviève Bergeron, civil engineering student
Hélène Colgan, mechanical engineering student
Nathalie Croteau, mechanical engineering student
Barbara Daigneault, mechanical engineering student
Anne-Marie Edward, chemical engineering student
Maud Haviernick, materials engineering student
Maryse Laganière, budget clerk in the École Polytechnique’s finance department
Maryse Leclair, materials engineering student
Anne-Marie Lemay, mechanical engineering student
Sonia Pelletier, mechanical engineering student
Michèle Richard, materials engineering student
Annie St-Arneault, mechanical engineering student
Annie Turcotte, materials engineering student
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, nursing student
Community Vigils
Yellowknife
Wednesday, Dec 6, 2023
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Great Hall, NWT Legislative Assembly
Open the public
More information here.
Iqaluit
Wednesday, Dec 6, 2023
6:00 p.m.
Community walk starts at the Four Corners and ends at the Nunavut Arctic College
Open to the public
Wednesday, Dec 6, 2023
6:00 p.m.
Community walk starts at the Four Corners and ends at the Nunavut Arctic College
Open to the public
More information here.