École Polytechnique Massacre 1989

[Leafstamp]

Remembering the young women killed simply for being women.

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

I will think about the women who were murdered rather than any person who will never understand what it is like to be a woman.

It is horrifying that a man believes his anger at women is a reason to murder them.

Thanks for saying their names

Thank you OP.
I didn't hear about it at the time either - not till a few years ago when my DD was embarking on studying engineering. It doesn't bear thinking about - but we have to do so.

Thank you for reminding us all @Leafstamp. Those poor young women - massacred in the prime of life for being successful and women. There are some posts on the Ovarit website that give an excellent history of what happened. I’m ashamed to say I didn’t know about a lot of it before. We need to know, as do our daughters.

RIP

I didn't hear about this at the time. Thank you, OP.

I remember this as I was at uni and the same age as most of these women
I think of the life I have had since - and they were cheated of.
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I was in high school when this happened and remembered the fear of women being singled out.

I don't remember it because I was a small child, but it should be remembered.

It was repeated in the US in 2006. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WestNickellMinesSchoollshooting

RIP

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Thanks for sharing, Leaf. This one's
a close one as we live in Montréal. Not many people outside of Canada have heard of it.

RIP

I have never heard of this somehow.
It is very sobering.
Thank you for sharing.

I graduated as an Engineering student in 1989. I remember this. RIP my fellowship.

@Leafstamp

Remembering the young women killed simply for being women.

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

💐RIP

Andrea Dworkin on this

It was repeated in the US in 2006.

I remember that one too. Poor little girls

I’d never heard of this until I joined MN although I too am old enough.

Thank you for listing their names. It’s a good tribute.

I vaguely remember this, but at the time I hadn't realised it was only women who were killed.

RIP

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I remember it distinctly. I posted a longer piece on the thread that was deleted. There I called it gynephobia and gynecide, which it was. Women murdered by a man in an act of hate because they were women and he hated 'feminists'.

RIP