On Friday, December 6, 2024, the University of Toronto will join communities across Canada to honour the lives of the 14 women killed at Montreal’s École Polytechnique in 1989. Join us in-person at the St. George campus, or online via YouTube, for this annual memorial and reflection.
To mark the 35th anniversary of this devastating act of misogyny, we will join together in collective grief for all those lost to gender-based violence as we share a meal, remember those who were killed, and look towards a better future. This event will include a musical tribute, an awards presentation, a memorial led by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, and facilitated roundtable discussions with your colleagues, classmates, and friends.
We will close the event with a brief campus walk, where participants will have the option to lay a rose in commemoration.
Agenda
Join us on Dec. 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET in-person at the St. George Campus or from 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET via livestream.
All students, staff, faculty, and librarians are welcome to attend this tri-campus event to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Our program (subject to change) includes:
- In-Person Only: Sign-In and Orchestral Performance, 11:30 a.m.
- Please arrive between 11:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. to facilitate sign-in (registration for the in-person event is required in advance)
- In-Person Only: Lunch, Opening Remarks, and Roundtable Discussions, 12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
- In-Person and Virtual: Awards Presentation and Memorial (led by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineerin), 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
- In-Person and Virtual: Closing Reflections, 1:45 p.m. – 2 p.m.
- In-Person: Optional Walk and Laying-Down of Roses, 2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Attendance:
This event is co-hosted by the Sexual Violence Prevention and Support Centre, Hart House, and the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering.
