Comments on: Did you know that December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada? Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women. http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/12/did-you-know-that-december-6-is-the-national-day-of-remembrance-and-action-on-violence-against-women-in-canada-established-in-1991-by-the-parliament-of-canada-this-day-marks-the-anniversary-of-the-m/ Nearly all of us root for fairness, not for our own sex. - Nicholas Kristof Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hysperia http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/12/did-you-know-that-december-6-is-the-national-day-of-remembrance-and-action-on-violence-against-women-in-canada-established-in-1991-by-the-parliament-of-canada-this-day-marks-the-anniversary-of-the-m/comment-page-1/#comment-6290 hysperia Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:35:10 +0000 http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=13989#comment-6290 Thanks for remembering this day. For a slightly different perspective than that provided by my government at the page linked here, check out four posts at the blog written by Toronto feminist journalist Antonia Zerbisias. There has been a great deal of contention about the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre and most feminists are thoroughly disgusted by the way our Conservative government has attempted to play on our sympathies by their acknowledgement of the day without accompanying political action. In fact, our government is actively engaged in doing everything it can to undermine whatever constructive responses there have been to the massacre over the last two decades - and those responses were far from adequate to being with. <a href="http://thestar.blogs.com/broadsides/"Broadsides Thanks for remembering this day. For a slightly different perspective than that provided by my government at the page linked here, check out four posts at the blog written by Toronto feminist journalist Antonia Zerbisias. There has been a great deal of contention about the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre and most feminists are thoroughly disgusted by the way our Conservative government has attempted to play on our sympathies by their acknowledgement of the day without accompanying political action. In fact, our government is actively engaged in doing everything it can to undermine whatever constructive responses there have been to the massacre over the last two decades – and those responses were far from adequate to being with.

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]]> By: 20th anniversary of the massacre at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2009/12/did-you-know-that-december-6-is-the-national-day-of-remembrance-and-action-on-violence-against-women-in-canada-established-in-1991-by-the-parliament-of-canada-this-day-marks-the-anniversary-of-the-m/comment-page-1/#comment-6287 20th anniversary of the massacre at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:01:07 +0000 http://feministlawprofessors.com/?p=13989#comment-6287 [...] Ann Bartow at Feminist Law Profs reminds us that today is the twentieth anniversary of the murders of women engineering students at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal on December 6, 1989.  Because of this terrible event, today is also the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women day in Canada, which has been commemorated since 1991.  In case you’re unacquainted with this terrible massacre, here’s a CBC link with a video clip of a report and a description of the murders (emphases Historiann’s): A gunman confronts 60 engineering students during their class at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal on Dec. 6, 1989. He separates the men from the women and tells the men to leave the classroom, threatening them with his .22-calibre rifle. The enraged man begins a shooting rampage that spreads to three floors and several classrooms, jumping from desk to desk while female students cower below. He roams the corridors yelling, “I want women.” [...] [...] Ann Bartow at Feminist Law Profs reminds us that today is the twentieth anniversary of the murders of women engineering students at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal on December 6, 1989.  Because of this terrible event, today is also the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women day in Canada, which has been commemorated since 1991.  In case you’re unacquainted with this terrible massacre, here’s a CBC link with a video clip of a report and a description of the murders (emphases Historiann’s): A gunman confronts 60 engineering students during their class at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal on Dec. 6, 1989. He separates the men from the women and tells the men to leave the classroom, threatening them with his .22-calibre rifle. The enraged man begins a shooting rampage that spreads to three floors and several classrooms, jumping from desk to desk while female students cower below. He roams the corridors yelling, “I want women.” [...]

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