December 6 ceremony memorializes victims

December 6 ceremony memorializes victims

Queen鈥檚 University marks National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women with event and livestream.

By Communications Staff

December 1, 2021

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December 6 memorial permanent installation
A permanent memorial installation in Beamish-Munro Hall, designed by Haley Adams, features a white rose petal for each of the 14 victims of the Dec. 6 massacre. (University Communications)

The Queen鈥檚 community will mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on Monday, Dec. 6 with a ceremony, hosted by the Engineering Society, at the Integrated Learning Centre in Beamish-Munro Hall from 1-2 p.m.

The event will for those not on campus.

Each year on Dec. 6, Canadians pause to reflect on the murder of 14 women that occurred at l鈥櫭塩ole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989. It is a day to remember the victims and think about the effects that gender-based violence has had 鈥 and continues to have 鈥 on our society.

Most of the women killed that day were engineering students and were specifically targeted because they were women.

鈥淲e need to remember the terrible events of December 6. It is especially important for the engineering community to reflect on that loss, and to strengthen our resolve to welcome more women into the profession,鈥 says Kevin Deluzio, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. 鈥淎s a society we still have much work to do in the areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion, so this is a meaningful day for everyone at Queen鈥檚. I encourage people from across the university to join us in reflecting on this day鈥檚 significance.鈥

As part of the ceremony, 14 current Queen鈥檚 Engineering students will speak about the 14 women who were killed and express their views on why it is important to remember them.

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