The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre, also known as the Montreal Massacre, occurred on December 6, 1989 at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Twenty-five year-old Marc Lepine, armed with a legally obtained semi-automatic rifle and a hunting knife, shot twenty-eight people, killing fourteen (all of them women) and injuring the other fourteen before killing himself. He began his attack by entering a classroom at the university, 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, specifically targeting women to shoot. He killed fourteen women and injured four men and ten women in just under twenty minutes before turning the gun on himself.

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La tuerie de l’École Polytechnique 20 ans plus tard

Les violences masculines contre les femmes et les féministes Du 4 au 6 décembre 2009 à l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) further info (pdf)  Read More →

Remembering École Polytechnique: December 8th Event in Ottawa

I am writing to you today to extend a special invitation to attend our December 8th Fundraiser, entitled “Remembering École Polytechnique”, held at the Ottawa Public Library Main Branch Auditorium (120 Laurier, at Metcalfe), from 6 to 9 pm. CFUW is organizing this event to benefit our CFUW 1989 École Polytechnique Commemmorative Award. The scholarship... [Read more of this post]

*RAISE YOUR VOICE *

You are invited to *RAISE YOUR VOICE *this December 6th. Please see attached poster, and post in your community or workplace. The “Not so Silent” December 6th Vigil, a community-wide memorial, will be held at Parade Square, City Hall, Halifax to remember all women affected by violence. December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and... [Read more of this post]