Ceremony of commemoration of the feminicide at École polytechnique de Montréal, on Friday, December 6, 2024, 12:15 pm

Event organized in collaboration with Coalition des Femmes de l'Alberta.

29 November 2024

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On Friday, December 6, 2024, Campus Saint-Jean of the University of Alberta and the Coalition des Femmes de l'Alberta are jointly organizing a ceremony to commemorate the feminicide of December 6, 1989 at École polytechnique de Montréal, in the presence of the Dean and members of the administration of Campus Saint-Jean and the University of Alberta.

The ceremony will pay hommage to the victims of the feminicide:

  • 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

We invite members of the student body, academic and administrative staff, and members of the Edmonton community to attend.

This solemn commemoration will take place at 12:15 p.m., at the entrance of Pavillon McMahon, at the foot of Patrick Jacob's Trinity statue, a work of art paying tribute to the victims.

During the ceremony, the names of the victims will be read out as 14 white roses, each representing a victim of the feminicide, are laid at the foot of the sculpture.

Refreshments will be served at the end of the ceremony.