Events at McMaster: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

On Dec. 6, the McMaster community remembers and honours the victims of the 1989 Montreal Massacre, as well as the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Across Canada,?Dec. 6?is observed as a day of mourning and remembrance?of the victims of the 1989 Montreal massacre, when a gunman killed 14 female engineering students and staff at Polytechnique Montréal (formerly École Polytechnique).
It is also a day to commemorate the thousands of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls, as well as members of the McMaster community and those around the world who have been harmed by gender-based violence.
Read more at Daily News.
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