by Marcia | Dec 5, 2024 | Sexual safety
During the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, leading up to the December 6th Memorial, we speak with Stella Grand, a recent GISS graduate and passionate youth activist. 35 years after the massacre at École Polytechnique in Montreal, Stella’s work on...
by Marcia | Dec 3, 2024 | Announcements, News
December 6, 1989, marks the day an armed man walked into an engineering class at I’École Polytechnique de Montréal and killed 14 women and injured 10 more. This Friday, on the Day of The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, IWAV and...
by Marcia | Dec 5, 2023 | Events, Pass It On, Pass it On: Girls
On December 6th, 1989, the day that fourteen young women at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal were killed by a gunman as a deliberate act of violence against women, Quinn Mulherin (21, she/they*) wasn’t born yet. She learned about the tragedy years later when she...
by Marcia | Nov 30, 2023 | News
IWAV and The Circle Education are hosting the annual December 6th Vigil, in memorial and solidarity of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada, on Wednesday, December 6 in Centennial Park. The National Day of Remembrance and...
by Marcia | Dec 6, 2022 | December 6th Memorial, Events
Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. With a vigil in Centennial Park, we remember the 14 young women who were killed in an act of violent misogyny at Polytechnique Montréal on December 1989 and all the other women who have...
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