National Day Of Remembrance And Action On Violence Against Women

• MSVU remembers 14 women killed at École Polytechnique

  A sombre service was held on Tuesday at Mount Saint Vincent University to mark the 33rd anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2022
  
• Events held to honour victims of École Polytechnique shooting on 33rd anniversary

  Students and staff of École Polytechnique paid their respects this morning by placing rose wreaths on the commemorative plaque located near the student entrance.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2022
  
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• More men are killed than women, so why focus on violence against women?

  “It’s not a competition – it’s about prevention," says director of the Canadian Femicide Observatory.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2020
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• How London will mark National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

  Known informally as White Ribbon Day, the day is marked annually on the grim anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2019
• Feminism met gunfire at École Polytechnique. It’s taken 30 years to call it what it was

  "Why does it make people so uncomfortable to look at the fact that women are targeted in particular ways?”

  Features

  Dec 6, 2019
• Polytechnique survivors group call on Liberals to end assault-style gun sales

  The Liberals made a campaign promise to work with provinces and territories to give municipalities the ability to further restrict or ban handguns.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2019
• Every 2.5 days, a woman or girl is killed in Canada, new report shows

  The statistic is from the first annual report by the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2019
• At least 148 women were killed in Canada last year. How do we keep them safer?

  At least 140 women were killed by men in 2018, a year that saw violence against women frequently in the headlines. How do we make them safer this year?

  Features

  Jan 5, 2019
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• Saskatchewan government remembers the 14 lives lost at Montreal’s Ecolé Polytechnique in 1989

  Dec. 6 commemorates the deaths of 14 female engineering students who were targeted and killed at Montreal’s Ecolé Polytechnique in 1989, because they were women.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2018
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• University of Regina vigil remembers victims of Montreal massacre

  The University of Regina (U of R) held a vigil to remember the victims of a school shooting 27 years ago in Montreal.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2016