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NOT JUST A HISTORICAL EVENT

In the last 52 weeks (since November 26, 2023),
there have been 62 confirmed cases of Femicide in Ontario.

Source: Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH) 2024

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.