Honouring the memory of all victims of male violence against women everywhere, before and since, we recall today – Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women – the names of the victims of the Montreal Massacre at l’École Polytechnique on December 6, 1989:
Geneviève Bergeron, 21, was a second year scholarship student in civil engineering.
Hélène Colgan, 23, was in her final year of mechanical engineering and planned to take her master’s degree.
Nathalie Croteau, 23, was in her final year of mechanical engineering.
Barbara Daigneault, 22, was in her final year of mechanical engineering and held a teaching assistantship.
Anne-Marie Edward, 21, was a first year student in chemical engineering.
Maud Haviernick, 29, was a second year student in engineering materials, a branch of metallurgy, and a graduate in environmental design.
Barbara Maria Klucznik, 31, was a second year engineering student specializing in engineering materials.
Maryse Laganière, 25, worked in the budget department of the Polytechnique.
Maryse Leclair, 23, was a fourth year student in engineering materials.
Anne-Marie Lemay, 27, was a fourth year student in mechanical engineering.
Sonia Pelletier, 28, was to graduate the next day in mechanical engineering. She was awarded a degree posthumously.
Michèle Richard, 21, was a second year student in engineering materials.
Annie St-Arneault, 23, was a mechanical engineering student.
Annie Turcotte, 21, was a first year student in engineering materials.
They died because they were women.
In Memoriam (click for full blog entry)
“Women are still being killed simply for being women, for asserting their rights, or simply for being there.”
On December 6th, 1921, Canada elected its first female Member of Parliament, Agnes Macphail. 68 years later, in an act of gender-based terrorism, Marc Lepine brutally murdered 14 young women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. They were killed because they were women.
For asserting their rights; simply for being there.
Light a candle and remember: this isn’t mere history. This is real life, 24/7/365. Every day is December 6th; every day, women are still being killed for being women.
By: bastard.logic on 6 December 2007
at 8:58 pm
Very classy Kenn. They died because they were women…and they are a collective symbol of the fight against violence aimed at women. But it’s good to see their names … and remember that every one of them was an individual tragedy as well.
By: Simon on 10 December 2007
at 7:42 pm