It has been 32 years since the École Polytechnique massacre. On that terrible day, 14 women were senselessly murdered. They had so much of their lives left to live and that was brutally taken from them.
The National Day for Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women was borne of this tragedy. A day to commemorate those lives lost and renew our commitment to ending violence against women.
We would like to take this opportunity to do just that. To remember those women, mourn the loss of their lives and recommit to ending the violence that resulted in their tragic deaths.
We remember:
• Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), was a civil engineering student
• Hélène Colgan (born 1966), was a mechanical engineering student
• Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), was a mechanical engineering student
• Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), was a mechanical engineering student
• Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968), was a chemical engineering student
• Maud Haviernick (born 1960), was a materials engineering student
• Maryse Laganière (born 1964), was a budget clerk in the École Polytechnique’s finance department
• Maryse Leclair (born 1966), was a materials engineering student
• Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967), was a mechanical engineering student
• Sonia Pelletier (born 1961), was a mechanical engineering student
• Michèle Richard (born 1968), was a materials engineering student
• Annie St-Arneault (born 1966), was a mechanical engineering student
• Annie Turcotte (born 1969), was a materials engineering student
• Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958), was a nursing student
Please join our affiliates at the CDLC as they host a commemorative Zoom presentation and fundraiser on December 6, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Please click the link below to join the webinar on Dec 6th at 6 pm:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84696636948?pwd=VWJIaXdacnBWamdQaHFRZUpoWGJHUT09
Meeting ID: 846 9663 6948
Passcode: 189458
To donate directly:
Bow Valley Women’s Emergency Shelter+Bridge House Transitional Housing: (Be sure to select this title under I want to direct my gift to)
https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E344533QE&id=5
Awo Taan Shelter:
https://www.awotaan.org/about-us/donate-to-awo-taan/
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