Sexism, misogyny, imbalance of power & control continue to impact women all over the world. We can't take our gains here in Canada for granted; it takes deliberate, concerted, sustained effort & the courage to accept nothing less than equality for the women & girls in our lives. #14NotForgotten
December 6, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Sexism, misogyny, imbalance of power & control continue to impact women all over the world. We can't take our gains here in Canada for granted; it takes deliberate, concerted, sustained effort & the courage to accept nothing less than equality for the women & girls in our lives. #14NotForgotten
14 women were massacred in 1989 (+10 more injured) at École Polytechnique in Montreal. They were targeted because of their gender & are remembered every year on Dec. 6.
#NationalDayofRemembrance #14NotForgotten
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
#NationalDayofRemembrance #14NotForgotten
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The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women - Canada.ca
Information on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and why we commemorated tragedy at Polytechnique Montréal.
www.canada.ca
December 6, 2024 at 3:54 PM
14 women were massacred in 1989 (+10 more injured) at École Polytechnique in Montreal. They were targeted because of their gender & are remembered every year on Dec. 6.
#NationalDayofRemembrance #14NotForgotten
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
#NationalDayofRemembrance #14NotForgotten
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
I remember.
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
#14notforgotten
www.polymtl.ca/december6
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
#14notforgotten
www.polymtl.ca/december6
December 6, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I remember.
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
#14notforgotten
www.polymtl.ca/december6
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
#14notforgotten
www.polymtl.ca/december6
Remembering Montréal, December 6, 1989.
#14notforgotten
#14notforgotten
December 6, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Remembering Montréal, December 6, 1989.
#14notforgotten
#14notforgotten
I should only ever have learned these names had I met them as graduates, working in the Canadian engineering sector.
Instead I memorized them decades ago, while laying white roses at memorial gardens at another engineering school. #14NotForgotten
Instead I memorized them decades ago, while laying white roses at memorial gardens at another engineering school. #14NotForgotten
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I should only ever have learned these names had I met them as graduates, working in the Canadian engineering sector.
Instead I memorized them decades ago, while laying white roses at memorial gardens at another engineering school. #14NotForgotten
Instead I memorized them decades ago, while laying white roses at memorial gardens at another engineering school. #14NotForgotten
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22, was a 4th-year mechanical #engineering student. The elder of the two Lemay sisters from a Montreal suburb. Outside of her studies, she sang in a rock band and was helping raise funds for a class trip overseas. #14notforgotten #EndGBV www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22, was a 4th-year mechanical #engineering student. The elder of the two Lemay sisters from a Montreal suburb. Outside of her studies, she sang in a rock band and was helping raise funds for a class trip overseas. #14notforgotten #EndGBV www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Maud Haviernick, 29, was a 2nd-yr #engineering student, specializing in composite metals. She already had earned a degree in environmental design from UQAM. One of three Haviernick sisters, Maud had an energetic personality. #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Maud Haviernick, 29, was a 2nd-yr #engineering student, specializing in composite metals. She already had earned a degree in environmental design from UQAM. One of three Haviernick sisters, Maud had an energetic personality. #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Maryse Laganière, 25, worked in the #engineering school’s finance dept. “She was always smiling and was always appreciated by her colleagues.” 4 months earlier, Laganière had married Jean-François Larivée, a former École Polytech student. #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Maryse Laganière, 25, worked in the #engineering school’s finance dept. “She was always smiling and was always appreciated by her colleagues.” 4 months earlier, Laganière had married Jean-François Larivée, a former École Polytech student. #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Maryse Leclair, 23, was a 4th-yr materials #engineering student. Maryse was the eldest of four girls. “Very intelligent and a woman of character. She had all the talent in the world and a promising future.” #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Maryse Leclair, 23, was a 4th-yr materials #engineering student. Maryse was the eldest of four girls. “Very intelligent and a woman of character. She had all the talent in the world and a promising future.” #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Known as “Mimi” by her family, Michèle Richard, 21, was a 2nd-yr metallurgical #engineering student. She was the oldest of two children raised by a single mother, her best friend and confidante. She was a strong student, adored by everyone #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Known as “Mimi” by her family, Michèle Richard, 21, was a 2nd-yr metallurgical #engineering student. She was the oldest of two children raised by a single mother, her best friend and confidante. She was a strong student, adored by everyone #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Nathalie Croteau, 23, was a mechanical #engineering student, 3 months shy of earning her degree. She was planning to take a two-week vacation in Cancun, Mexico, with her best friend, Hélène Colgan at the end of the month.#14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Nathalie Croteau, 23, was a mechanical #engineering student, 3 months shy of earning her degree. She was planning to take a two-week vacation in Cancun, Mexico, with her best friend, Hélène Colgan at the end of the month.#14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Hélène Colgan, 23, was in her final yr of mechanical #engineering and was interested in pursuing a master's. Her father said she was a studious young woman and would read anything she could get her hands on. #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Hélène Colgan, 23, was in her final yr of mechanical #engineering and was interested in pursuing a master's. Her father said she was a studious young woman and would read anything she could get her hands on. #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Geneviève Bergeron, 21, was a 2nd-yr scholarship student in mechanical #engineering. She was a music lover who played the clarinet and sang in a professional choir. She considered studying music in university, but instead chose engineering #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Geneviève Bergeron, 21, was a 2nd-yr scholarship student in mechanical #engineering. She was a music lover who played the clarinet and sang in a professional choir. She considered studying music in university, but instead chose engineering #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz 31 was a 1st-yr nursing student. Barbara & her husband had moved to Montreal from Poland in 1987. A trained economist, she decided to make a career change as her husband, a physician, worked toward his Cdn quals #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz 31 was a 1st-yr nursing student. Barbara & her husband had moved to Montreal from Poland in 1987. A trained economist, she decided to make a career change as her husband, a physician, worked toward his Cdn quals #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Barbara Daigneault, 22, was expecting to graduate from mech #engineering at the end of the yr. She was a TA for her father, Pierre Daigneault - a mech eng professor with the city's other French-language engineering school UQAM #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Barbara Daigneault, 22, was expecting to graduate from mech #engineering at the end of the yr. She was a TA for her father, Pierre Daigneault - a mech eng professor with the city's other French-language engineering school UQAM #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Granby, Que native Annie Turcotte, 20, was a gentle and athletic woman who was as comfortable taking apart cars as she was baking with her mother. She went into metallurgical #engineering w/ dreams of improving the environment #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Granby, Que native Annie Turcotte, 20, was a gentle and athletic woman who was as comfortable taking apart cars as she was baking with her mother. She went into metallurgical #engineering w/ dreams of improving the environment #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Annie St-Arneault, 23, was a mech #engineering student from La Tuque, Que. Youngest of 3 and the 1st girl, Annie was a bright child who had a keen interest in ecology. She represented her local 4-H club at the provincial level in her youth #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Annie St-Arneault, 23, was a mech #engineering student from La Tuque, Que. Youngest of 3 and the 1st girl, Annie was a bright child who had a keen interest in ecology. She represented her local 4-H club at the provincial level in her youth #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Sonia Pelletier, 28, was the head of her class and the pride of St-Ulric, Que. She had 5 sisters and 2 brothers. Sonia was the youngest. Her family said her dream was to return home to start her own #engineering firm. #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Sonia Pelletier, 28, was the head of her class and the pride of St-Ulric, Que. She had 5 sisters and 2 brothers. Sonia was the youngest. Her family said her dream was to return home to start her own #engineering firm. #14notforgotten #OurActionsMatter www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
#14notforgotten
Sonia Pelletier
Anne-Marie Edward
Anne-Marie Lemay
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Daigneault
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Genevieve Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Michèle Richard
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Leclair
Maryse Laganière
www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Sonia Pelletier
Anne-Marie Edward
Anne-Marie Lemay
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Daigneault
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Genevieve Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Michèle Richard
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Leclair
Maryse Laganière
www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2024 at 4:37 PM
#14notforgotten
Sonia Pelletier
Anne-Marie Edward
Anne-Marie Lemay
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Daigneault
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Genevieve Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Michèle Richard
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Leclair
Maryse Laganière
www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Sonia Pelletier
Anne-Marie Edward
Anne-Marie Lemay
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Daigneault
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Genevieve Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Michèle Richard
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Leclair
Maryse Laganière
www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
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. 💜 #14notforgotten #16days
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. 💜 #14notforgotten #16days
December 6, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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. 💜 #14notforgotten #16days
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. 💜 #14notforgotten #16days
I should only ever have learned these names if I had met them as graduates or working in professional roles in the Canadian engineering profession.
Instead I memorized them decades ago while laying white roses at memorial gardens at other engineering schools.
#14notforgotten #polytechnique
Instead I memorized them decades ago while laying white roses at memorial gardens at other engineering schools.
#14notforgotten #polytechnique
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I should only ever have learned these names if I had met them as graduates or working in professional roles in the Canadian engineering profession.
Instead I memorized them decades ago while laying white roses at memorial gardens at other engineering schools.
#14notforgotten #polytechnique
Instead I memorized them decades ago while laying white roses at memorial gardens at other engineering schools.
#14notforgotten #polytechnique
Today, we remember the victims of the École Polytechnique massacre as aspiring engineers with bright futures ahead of them.
This day challenges us to confront systemic inequities & build pathways where diverse perspectives are welcomed & celebrated.
#16Days #RememberThe14 #14NotForgotten
This day challenges us to confront systemic inequities & build pathways where diverse perspectives are welcomed & celebrated.
#16Days #RememberThe14 #14NotForgotten
December 6, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Today, we remember the victims of the École Polytechnique massacre as aspiring engineers with bright futures ahead of them.
This day challenges us to confront systemic inequities & build pathways where diverse perspectives are welcomed & celebrated.
#16Days #RememberThe14 #14NotForgotten
This day challenges us to confront systemic inequities & build pathways where diverse perspectives are welcomed & celebrated.
#16Days #RememberThe14 #14NotForgotten