Today is December 6, 2006. It is 17 years after the day a gunman shot and killed 14 women at \u00c9cole Polytechnique in Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada. Thirteen were students and one was an employee of the university. Today we remember these victims of gendered violence and reflect on women everywhere who are victims of gendered violence. The Montr\u00e9al Massacre was not an isolated event. There are many women suffering today for the sole reason that they are women. For some it’s because of war, others face sexist laws, religions, and customs. Some are somewhere at the wrong time, like the women who were in class and on campus on December 16, 1989. Others are victims of repeated violence in their homes, at work, and in their neighbourhoods, by family and people they know. Think of them all today.<\/p>\n
The Fourteen Not Forgotten<\/em><\/p>\n Genevi\u00e8ve Bergeron b. 1968 – civil engineering student
\nH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Colgan b. 1966 – mechanical engineering student
\nNathalie Croteau b. 1966 – mechanical engineering student
\nBarbara Daigneault b. 1967 – mechanical engineering student
\nAnne-Marie Edward b. 1968 – chemical engineering student
\nMaud Haviernick b. 1960 – materials engineering student
\nMaryse Lagani\u00e8re b. 1964 – budget clerk in the \u00c9cole Polytechnique’s finance department
\nMaryse Leclair b. 1966 – materials engineering student
\nAnne-Marie Lemay b. 1967 – mechanical engineering student
\nSonia Pelletier b. 1961 – mechanical engineering student
\nMich\u00e8le Richard b. 1968 – materials engineering student
\nAnnie St-Arneault b. 1966 – mechanical engineering student
\nAnnie Turcotte b. 1969 – materials engineering student
\nBarbara Klucznik-Widajewicz b. 1958 – nursing student<\/p>\n