On December 6, 1989, a twenty-five year-old man, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a hunting knife, entered a classroom at École Polytechnique in Montreal , where he separated the male and female students. After claiming that he was “fighting feminism”, he shot all nine women in the room, killing six. He then moved through corridors, the cafeteria and another classroom, targeting women. In just under twenty minutes he had killed fourteen women and injured four men before turning the gun on himself:
Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student
Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), mechanical engineering student
Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968), chemical engineering student
Maud Haviernick (born 1960), materials engineering student
Maryse Laganière (born 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department
Maryse Leclair (born 1966), materials engineering student
Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967), mechanical engineering student
Sonia Pelletier (born 1961), mechanical engineering student
Michèle Richard (born 1968), materials engineering student
Annie St-Arneault (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Annie Turcotte (born 1969), materials engineering student
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958), nursing student
The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women is a day commemorated in Canada each December 6, the anniversary of the massacre. Please join CAASA at OCAD, OCADSU, and Campus Life & Career Services for this special memorial and presentation on Friday.
White ribbons will be sold at this event. Proceeds will benefit the White Ribbon Campaign.
