Memorial Events by Year
December 3, 2010
A rememberance service was held at the University of Victoria on December 3, 2010. A new plaque commemorating the tragedy was revealed, and CEMF was thanked for it's valuable service of increasing the number of women engineers in Canada. Click here to view pictures taken at the event.
December 6, 2011
December 6th Memorial Service at the University of Calgary - National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women http://www.ucalgary.ca/women/dec6memorial
December 6, 1989
Simon Fraser University memorial bench etched with the names of the victims.
Simon Fraser University - A candle-lit tribute in memory of the victims.
The Foundation remembers the tragic event in Montreal which led to the death of 14 promising young women who were striving towards a future of great possibilities in their chosen profession of engineering.
On December 6, 1989 a lone gunman, armed with a rifle, entered École Polytechnique and indiscriminately killed 14 young women, 13 of whom were engineering students. He then committed suicide.
This terrible event profoundly shocked Canadians and December 6th is now observed on many university campuses and elsewhere in Canada as a memorial day. In 1991, Parliament declared that day as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The young women who were tragically killed in Montreal at École Polytechnique were:
- • Geneviève Bergeron
- • Hélène Colgan
- • Nathalie Croteau
- • Barbara Daigneault
- • Anne-Marie Edward
- • Maud Haviernick
- • Barbara Klucznik
- • Maryse Laganière
- • Maryse Leclair
- • Anne-Marie Lemay
- • Sonia Pelletier
- • Michèle Richard
- • Annie St-Arneault
- • Widajewicz Annie Turcotte
The Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation was established in 1990 to honour the memory of these 14 young women whose contributions to Canada ended so abruptly on December 6, 1989. The Foundation is dedicated to providing scholarships and outreach programs to young women to encourage them to consider engineering as a career choice.