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Almost three decades have past since that fateful December day, but a country continues to pause each year to remember the women who died in 1989, and all the others who have suffered and lost their lives due to violence.
Vigils were held across Canada on Wednesday in honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
In the nation’s capital on Wednesday evening, they gathered at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre.
The day of remembrance began after 14 women were slain at Montreal’s l’École Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989.
“They were promising engineering students, murdered for one reason: they were women,” Status of Women Minister Stephanie McLean said in a statement. “It was a pre-meditated attack against women who were breaking barriers and pursuing their dreams in a field traditionally dominated by men. It was an attack on feminism fuelled by misogyny that persists today.”
The gunman, Mark Lepine, 25, killed the women after separating them from the men and then fatally shot himself.
With files from Postmedia
Kimothy Walker was the guest speaker Wednesday night. Walker was sexually assaulted by her friend’s older brother when she was just 9 years old.
A vigil took place at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre in honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Mary-Ann Rowan, a peer supporter who describes herself as a ‘survivor and a thriver,’ took part.
Kimothy Walker was the guest speaker Wednesday night. Walker was sexually assaulted by her friend’s older brother when she was just 9 years old.
Mary-Ann Rowan, a peer supporter who describes herself as a ‘survivor and a thriver’ took part in the vigil Wednesday evening.
Holly Campbell, an organizer with Because Wilno and a violence survivor, read a poem It Starts With Words at the vigil.
Holly Campbell, an organizer with Because Wilno and a violence survivor, read a poem It Starts With Words at the vigil.
A vigil took place at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre.
A vigil took place at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre.
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Vigils were held across Canada on Wednesday in honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
In the nation’s capital on Wednesday evening, they gathered at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre.
The day of remembrance began after 14 women were slain at Montreal’s l’École Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989.
“They were promising engineering students, murdered for one reason: they were women,” Status of Women Minister Stephanie McLean said in a statement. “It was a pre-meditated attack against women who were breaking barriers and pursuing their dreams in a field traditionally dominated by men. It was an attack on feminism fuelled by misogyny that persists today.”
The gunman, Mark Lepine, 25, killed the women after separating them from the men and then fatally shot himself.
With files from Postmedia
Kimothy Walker was the guest speaker Wednesday night. Walker was sexually assaulted by her friend’s older brother when she was just 9 years old.
A vigil took place at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre in honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Mary-Ann Rowan, a peer supporter who describes herself as a ‘survivor and a thriver,’ took part.
Kimothy Walker was the guest speaker Wednesday night. Walker was sexually assaulted by her friend’s older brother when she was just 9 years old.
Mary-Ann Rowan, a peer supporter who describes herself as a ‘survivor and a thriver’ took part in the vigil Wednesday evening.
Holly Campbell, an organizer with Because Wilno and a violence survivor, read a poem It Starts With Words at the vigil.
Holly Campbell, an organizer with Because Wilno and a violence survivor, read a poem It Starts With Words at the vigil.
A vigil took place at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre.
A vigil took place at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre.
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