Remembering the Ecole Polytechnique Tragedy

Today, we mark the solemn anniversary of the 1989 murder of fourteen women – 12 of whom were engineering students – at Montréal’s École Polytechnique. Ten more women and four men were also wounded in the attack. The tragedy continues to remind us of the devastating toll of gender-based violence and the urgent need to confront misogyny in all its forms.

PEO remembers the victims and stands in solidarity with all those affected by gender-based violence on this day of reflection. Today we remember:

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