NOT JUST A HISTORICAL EVENT

Since December 1, 2021

46 Ontario women and children have been killed

by the men they knew

See this link to a recent article published in the Lindsay Advocate, November 2022

Lindsay Advocate Women Abuse Prevention Month Article November 2022

On December 6, 1989 Marc Lépine entered a mechanical engineering class at the École Polytechnique and ordered the women and men to opposite sides of the classroom. He separated nine women, instructing the men to leave. He stated that he was “fighting feminism” and opened fire. He shot at all nine women in the room, killing six. The shooter then moved through corridors, the cafeteria, and another classroom, targeting women for just under 20 minutes. He killed a further eight before turning the gun on himself. (Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre)

Since this horrendous massacre, each year Women’s Resources honours these women and others, including those identifying as women, murdered through gender violence.

Our online Vigil from 2021- https://youtu.be/39zpGq1FMqQ