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Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Today is the sixteenth anniversary of the massacre at the École Polytechnique. I was ten years old when Marc Lépine entered an engineering class and separated the men from the women at gunpoint, screaming invectives against "feminists." After forcing the men outside, he opened fire on the women, killing fourteen and injuring eight others before turning the gun on himself. He left a note blaming feminism for all the failures in his life.
His actions shook our entire nation, and on that day we vowed that we would not let this go forgotten. So now, every sixth of December, we remember that fourteen women died simply for being women. We remember that fourteen women died simply because they wanted to work, and study. We remember that fourteen women died, because they were living their lives. We remember that fourteen women died for no reason.
We remember that fourteen women died, and that it could have been prevented.
Victims of the Montreal Massacre at l'École Polytechnique on December 6, 1989
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
We will never forget.
Today is the sixteenth anniversary of the massacre at the École Polytechnique. I was ten years old when Marc Lépine entered an engineering class and separated the men from the women at gunpoint, screaming invectives against "feminists." After forcing the men outside, he opened fire on the women, killing fourteen and injuring eight others before turning the gun on himself. He left a note blaming feminism for all the failures in his life.
His actions shook our entire nation, and on that day we vowed that we would not let this go forgotten. So now, every sixth of December, we remember that fourteen women died simply for being women. We remember that fourteen women died simply because they wanted to work, and study. We remember that fourteen women died, because they were living their lives. We remember that fourteen women died for no reason.
We remember that fourteen women died, and that it could have been prevented.
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
We will never forget.
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