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Commemorative ceremonies are being held across the country to mark the 34th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre. As Skye Bryden-Blom reports, a moment of silence was held at two university campuses in Halifax to honour the 14 victims.

December 6, marks the 34th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre when 14 women at the engineering school were killed by a gunman in an anti-feminist attack. Several tributes were being held in Montreal to honour the memory of the lives lost and all those impacted by the tragedy. Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a memorial service in Montreal on Wednesday to honour victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.

On Dec. 6, Montreal will mark the 34th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre. Nine years ago, a scholarship called the Order of the White Rose was created. It’s a prize given to a Canadian female engineering student in honour of the women who were killed. Global’s Amanda Jelowicki has more on this year’s recipient,...

The Week of the White Rose is an annual fundraiser, to benefit Polytechnique Montréal’s science camp, Folie Technique. It is aimed at giving girls from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to take part in science awareness activities. Polytechnique Montréal president Maud Cohen joins Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines.

A group of 28 colleagues from a Montreal’s Polytechnique university are the lucky winners of a Lotto 6/49 draw worth $5 million. They’ll each be taking home almost $180,000. Many of them learned the news in different ways, including one man who found out while showering in Greece.

Montreal’s Polytechnique held an engineering competition on Saturday, challenging students to design mini-wind turbines. Global’s Elizabeth zogalis was there.

On Dec. 6, 1989 fourteen women were murdered at École Polytechnique

Nathalie Provost recalls the aftermath of the Polytechique massacre in Montreal where 14 women were killed 31 years ago and shares a message of hope with Nova Scotians after a deadly rampage over the weekend.

December 2019 marks 30 years since the Polytechnique massacre in Montreal. Since then, there have been countless movements and conversations about violence against women. And when it comes to physical and sexual abuse, all women are at risk despite their age, race or income level, according to the Canadian Women’s Foundation. However, there are added...

“Ending the Silence about Violence” or ESAV held a vigil at the Meeting Place on Cobourg’s waterfront to remember the 14 student engineers murdered at École Polytechnique as well as other victims of femicide

In a commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre where 14 women were murdered, two students from the school read the names of the victims aloud in Montreal on Friday night, as beams of light symbolizing their lives shone into the sky as their names were spoken in memoriam.

Global News Online reporter Aalia Adam reflects on the 30th anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre.

On Friday in the House of Commons, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh spoke about violence against women in Canada during his speech on the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique Montreal massacre, also recalling the Toronto van attack that took the lives of 10 individuals last year.

Thirty years after the École Polytechnique massacre, statistics show that on average, one woman is killed every other day in Canada, and one in three will experience sexual violence in their life. As part of Global’s online series ‘Living in Colour,’ Farah Nasser sat down with survivors to talk about the cultural barriers and stigma...

On the anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique shooting, an expert says more than 44 per cent of Canadian women experience violence in their lifetime.

Nathalie Provost finally attended a convocation, more 32 years after a gunman opened fire in a classroom at École Polytechnique, killing 14 women and injuring many others including Provost. It was an emotional moment as the gun control advocate and survivor was recognized with an honorary doctorate at a ceremony at the Palais des Congrès...

Polytechnique Montréal General Director Maud Cohen joins Global’s Laura Casella to highlight the Order of the White Rose’s mission to honour the memories of the victims of the École Polytechnique tragedy, and to talk about this year’s scholarship recipient, Sophia Roy.

Canadian Women’s Foundation joins Global News Morning to reflect on the 33rd anniversary of the École Polytechnique shooting and what more can be done to address gender based violence.

A 17-year-old Toronto student has been charged after police say they foiled a potential attack at Oakwood Collegiate Institute to coincide with the anniversary of the massacre at École Polytechnique in Montreal.