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Why do some gun owners insist on referring to the Montréal Massacre shooter by his birth name?
Thirty years after the Montreal Massacre that killed 14 women, new threats such as the incel movement pose dangers to the feminist movement.
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.
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.
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.
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Professeur, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor of Communication Studies; Research Chair on Intersectionality, Violence and Resistance, Concordia University
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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)
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Professor, History, Saint Mary’s University
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Professor and Research Leadership Chair, Sociology, University of Guelph
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