Honouring 36 years since the Polytechnique massacre

As Montreal marks the 36th anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre, the anti-feminist attack that killed 14 women on Dec. 6, 1989, Canadians remember the young engineering students whose lives were taken simply because they were women.

The victims were Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, and Annie Turcotte.

This week, Polytechnique Montréal honoured them by awarding 14 scholarships of $50,000 to Canadian female engineering students pursuing graduate studies. The awards are part of the 12th annual White Rose campaign, created to encourage women in engineering and to commemorate those killed, those injured, and the community forever changed by the tragedy.

36 years later, the legacy of the victims endures, inspiring efforts to support women in engineering.