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21 years later.
On this day, 21 years ago, a man slaughtered 14 women for the crime of being feminists, not knowing their place, and trying to encroach on a man's job.
Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student
Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), mechanical engineering student
Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968), chemical engineering student
Maud Haviernick (born 1960), materials engineering student
Maryse Laganière (born 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department
Maryse Leclair (born 1966), materials engineering student
Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967), mechanical engineering student
Sonia Pelletier (born 1961), mechanical engineering student
Michèle Richard (born 1968), materials engineering student
Annie St-Arneault (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Annie Turcotte (born 1969), materials engineering student
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958), nursing student
The attitude that women don't belong in the sciences has not gone away, and while I am sometimes surprised how few of the women I know personally are in the sciences given my proclivities, that attitude gets pushed back against every day by them and more like them, to the betterment of the world.
Today we remember all the uppity women who make the world better - in science, in arts, in government, in homes - and honour those who have been struck by violence directed against them solely for the crime of being who they are.
On this day, 21 years ago, a man slaughtered 14 women for the crime of being feminists, not knowing their place, and trying to encroach on a man's job.
Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student
Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), mechanical engineering student
Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968), chemical engineering student
Maud Haviernick (born 1960), materials engineering student
Maryse Laganière (born 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department
Maryse Leclair (born 1966), materials engineering student
Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967), mechanical engineering student
Sonia Pelletier (born 1961), mechanical engineering student
Michèle Richard (born 1968), materials engineering student
Annie St-Arneault (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Annie Turcotte (born 1969), materials engineering student
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958), nursing student
The attitude that women don't belong in the sciences has not gone away, and while I am sometimes surprised how few of the women I know personally are in the sciences given my proclivities, that attitude gets pushed back against every day by them and more like them, to the betterment of the world.
Today we remember all the uppity women who make the world better - in science, in arts, in government, in homes - and honour those who have been struck by violence directed against them solely for the crime of being who they are.
