Tag: montreal
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Remembrance Through Roses
STORY BY MARK ELGIE THINGLINK BY MICHAEL MELRO Sunday, Dec. 6 marked the anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre. It was 26 years ago that Marc Lepine entered the institution armed with a rifle and a hunting knife, and killed 14 women. “I think for a lot of students who come to Sheridan today, they…
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Moment of silence for Montreal massacre victims
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA “Gender-based violence has no room at Sheridan, or anywhere in our society,” said president Jeff Zabudsky to open the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women ceremony last Friday. This year the memorial was held at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus where about 100 faculty and students gathered to listen…
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Peace garden memorial to Montreal massacre victims
STORY BY DEVON GENERAL PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT On Dec. 6, 1989 a gunman stormed Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal shortly after 5 p.m. During his shooting spree he killed 14 women before turning the rifle on himself. Since then, Dec. 6 has become known as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against…