People take part in a memorial rally during the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada on Parliament Hill.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
In covering femicide, media have a leading role, not only in awareness and education generally, but in actively shaping the construction of attitudes and beliefs that can help prevention efforts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes remarks in December 2019 as 14 beams of light point skyward during Montréal ceremonies to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique shooting.
.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Why do some gun owners insist on referring to the Montréal Massacre shooter by his birth name?
The new sign commemorating the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique shooting now recognizes that it was an attack against women and feminists.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were murdered at École Polytechnique. Women in a mechanical engineering class were targeted, and 30 years later the ratio of women to men in engineering hasn’t improved much.
A woman places a rose on a memorial of one of the 14 women murdered at École Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
When 14 women were killed at École Polytechnique in 1989, no one at the time considered it an act of terrorism. Three decades later, that’s exactly how it should be viewed.
People gather at a memorial ceremony to honour the 13 students and one staff member killed at the École Polytechnique Massacre, Tuesday, December 6, 2016 in Montreal.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
The day of remembrance and action, also called White Ribbon Day, marks the anniversary of the murders of 14 female engineering students killed in 1989 at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal.
Professeure associée au département des sciences sociales, Université du Québec en Outaouais et à l'Institut de recherches et d'études féministes, UQAM, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO)