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workingclasshistory:On this day, 6 December 1989, 14 women, most…

On this day, 6 December 1989, 14 women, most of whom were training in engineering fields, were murdered in a mass shooting at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. The 25 year old shooter specifically targeted women, claimed he was “fighting feminism,” and killed himself after shooting 28 people. The victims’ names were: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz. The day is commemorated annually across Canada as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. https://ift.tt/2rm0nJn

THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY
They look like the girls I went to school with.

cutlerish: Today is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and…

cutlerish:

Today is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

On this day (December 6) in 1989, fourteen women were murdered at École Polytechnique de Montréal because of one man’s backward belief that women don’t belong in engineering.

We remember the women lost that day:

Geneviève Bergeron, 21, second-year Civil Engineering student

Hélène Colgan, 23, graduating Mechanical Engineering student

Nathalie Croteau, 23, graduating Mechanical Engineering student

Barbara Daigneault, 22, graduating Mechanical Engineering student

Anne-Marie Edward, 21, first-year Chemical Engineering student

Maud Haviernick, 29, second-year Materials Engineering student

Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31, first-year Nursing student

Maryse Laganière, 25, budget clerk at École Polytechnique de Montréal

Maryse Leclair, 23, fourth-year Materials Engineering student

Anne-Marie Lemay, 27, fourth-year Mechanical Engineering student

Sonia Pelletier, 28, graduating Mechanical Engineering student

Michèle Richard, 21, second-year Materials Engineering student

Annie St-Arneault, 23, graduating Mechanical Engineering student

Annie Turcotte, 21, first-year Materials Engineering student

Violence against women, of course is not limited to engineers. It is an epidemic. A disease that continues to afflict societies across the world. Unacceptable. Damning for all those who sit by and let the lesser signs of sexism go by without speaking up.

This is the 30th Anniversary of this Terrible Day

I chose to reblog this post in particular, because its author, cuttlerish, wisely chose not to name the vile murderer. I am of the opinion we shouldn’t reward such scumbag with fame.

December 6th, 1989A disturbed young man (whose name I…

December 6th, 1989

A disturbed young man (whose name I deliberately do not use) deliberately murdered Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz at the École Polytechnique.

Because they were women.

I chose to use the roses because they were part of a candlelight vigil in on December 6th, 2016 in Chilliwack, BC. People across Canada continue to share in this sorrow.

In response to our collective mourning of the Montreal Massacre, in 1991, the Canadian Government designated the 6th of December as the “National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada.”

Decades later, Canadians continue to mourn, but the sad fact is that violence against women in Canada shows no sign of abating. Perhaps we need more than a day.

Image Credit

“Roses [Dec 6 vigil 5 Corners-1]” cc by University of the Fraser Valley have been released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License