#polytechnique massacre

[merv606]

École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14

On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were wom

[good-night-dodger]

On December 6, 1989, an armed man shot 14 women at Polytechnique Montréal. He killed them simply because they were women.

We have a duty to remember for all those who have to leave an abusive home, for all those who live with a form of violence on a daily basis. To end violence against women in all its forms. So that my daughter and every young girl have the aspiration to become what they want, in complete safety.

[randomestfandoms]

29 years since the École Polytechnique Massacre (December 6th, 1989) • Je Me Souviens

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

[good-night-dodger]

32 years ago in Montreal, 14 young women were killed. Because they were women. Let's not forget them, especially now that Quebec has experienced a spate of femicides since the beginning of 2021.

Geneviève Bergeron, 21

Hélène Colgan, 23

Nathalie Croteau, 23

Barbara Daigneault, 22

Anne-Marie Edward, 21

Maud Haviernick, 29

Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31

Maryse Laganière, 25

Maryse Leclair, 23

Anne-Marie Lemay, 22

Sonia Pelletier, 28

Michèle Richard, 21

Annie St-Arneault, 23

Annie Turcotte, 20

[angry-radfem]

I am too young to remember the Polytechnique massacre (December 6th 1989), as I was 6 months old at the time, but it still haunts me. That a man went on a killing spree targeting women at an engineering school because they were women, were “feminists” in the killer’s opinion, and they were studying engineering, is horrible at the very least. It also hits close to home for me, since both me and my mom have studied right next door, at the Université de Montréal, the school to which the École Polytechnique is affiliated.

My mom has told me many stories about this tragedy that I will never forget. For example, that the police, when they got up Mount Royal, where the Polytechnique is situated, didn’t know where to go because they couldn’t distinguish between the various buildings of the two schools. Or, this one is even worse, that the spokesperson for the police in the aftermath of the massacre had disappeared from the briefings only for everyone to discover later it had been because he had found that his daughter was one of the victims. 

[loudbanshee]

I hate December 6th, because it reminds me that there are men who would kill me for loving science, for being strong and standing up. 

The Polytechnique massacre feels personal, in a way, even thought it happened 6 years before I was born. A man in this city, a city that I’ve grown up in and love, killed 14 women because they were...women. They were women studying engineering, in a field where men are still dominant. They were women breaking down barriers and going for what they wanted. He felt so attacked by feminism that he went in there, separated the women from the men, and he killed them.

There’s no forgiveness. 

[spockvarietyhour]

Polytechnique massacre 26th anniversary ceremonies set for Montreal

City to remember 14 lives lost during Polytechnique shooting on Dec. 6, 1989 

Ceremonies are taking place today to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre.

On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were killed at the Montreal engineering school by a gunman professing to hate feminists and the place women took in society. Another 14 people were injured before the gunman took his own life.

Two rallies are planned in Montreal to honour the memory of the 14 women killed.

The first rally will begin at 11:45 a.m. at Place-du-6-décembre, a memorial park close to Polytechnique.

A second gathering will take place at 5 p.m. at Montreal's Mount Royal. Fourteen beams of light will be projected onto the night sky over the city, representing each of the victims.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend.

The Olympic Stadium is one of many monuments nationwide that will be illuminated in red to honour the victims.

[gnc-centric]

Dec 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in honour of the 14 women shot on Dec 6th, 1989 at l'École Polytechnique in Montreal

I'm playing in a ceremony of remembrance but I was wondering if there's anything I should put on buttons? I'm gonna give out a free button that says "for every women raped in every war" for like the next 2 weeks or something but I just.... idk. I feel like anything we can do is so futile.... all men are scum.