I remember; I remember the day fourteen engineering students at Montréal's École Polytechnique were murdered by a misogynist incel with a gun, just because he didn't like feminists.

*National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women*

#December6 🇨🇦
#Montrēal1989
#feminism

I was a young girl when the Polytechnique massacre happened on December 6th.

14 beautiful lives with brilliant brains taken because of some egotistical and ignorant misogynistic monster.

The intent of the message was clear for any young woman in STEM, “You do not belong here and it is dangerous”.

But this is wrong.

We do belong.
We always did.
And everyday,
by persevering,
we prove him wrong.

#December6

Violence against women is not a “women’s issue” — it’s a societal one. Today we remember, and we commit to doing the work. #December6 #EndGBV #BelieveSurvivors

#December6 #EcolePolytechnique

The 14 women murdered in 1989 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.

Thirteen others were injured in the anti-feminist attack perpetrated by Marc Lépine, who took his own life. He had ranted about feminists ruining his life.

36 years ago today.

Geneviève Bergeron, 21, civil engineering
Hélène Colgan, 23, mechanical engineering
Nathalie Croteau, 23, mechanical engineering
Barbara Daigneault, 22, mechanical engineering
Anne-Marie Edward, 21, chemical engineering
Maud Haviernick, 29, materials engineering
Maryse Laganière, budget clerk
Maryse Leclair, 23, materials engineering
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22, mechanical engineering
Sonia Pelletier, 28, mechanical engineering
Michèle Richard, 21, materials engineering
Annie St.-Arneault, 23, mechanical engineering
Annie Turcotte, 20, materials engineering
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31, nursing

#december6

Violence against women is not a “women’s issue” — it’s a societal one. Today we remember, and we commit to doing the work. #December6 #EndGBV #BelieveSurvivors

#December6 #EcolePolytechnique

The 14 women murdered in 1989 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.

Thirteen others were injured in the anti-feminist attack perpetrated by Marc Lépine, who took his own life. He had ranted about feminists ruining his life.