The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) marks the 35th anniversary of the mass murder at École Polytechnique in Montreal by reaffirming our commitment to fight gender-based violence, hatred, and misogyny.
On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we remember:
- Geneviève Bergeron
- Hélène Colgan
- Nathalie Croteau
- Barbara Daigneault
- Anne-Marie Edward
- Maud Haviernick
- Maryse Laganière
- Maryse Leclair
- Anne-Marie Lemay
- Sonia Pelletier
- Michèle Richard
- Annie St-Arneault
- Annie Turcotte
- Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
More than three decades after this massacre, gender-based violence remains a threat in universities, colleges and society as a whole – including the hate-motivated stabbing at the University of Waterloo.
This year, the adoption of the International Labour Organization Convention 190 on violence and harassment in the workplace, marks an important milestone in the fight to make workplaces safer for everyone.