Remembering

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In 1991, the Canadian Parliament declared December 6 a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

We remember in horror on this day, on December 6, 1989, the loss of 14 young women, students at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal, murdered because they were women. Every year, we speak their names and the names of too many other victims of violence.

We honour the lives of these 14 women:

Geneviève Bergeron, 21;

Hélène Colgan, 23;

Nathalie Croteau, 23;

Barbara Daigneault, 22;

Anne-Marie Edward, 21;

Maud Haviernick, 29;

Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz, 31;

Maryse Laganière, 25;

Maryse Leclair, 23;

Anne-Marie Lemay, 27;

Sonia Pelletier, 23;

Michèle Richard, 21.

Annie St-Arneault, 23;

Annie Turcotte, 21.