Thread by @cdnwomenfdn

On #December6 we mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. We'll be dedicating our feed to the 14 female engineering students who were murdered at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal on December 6, 1989. swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/…

Annie Turcotte (1969): A first-year student, she was studying metallurgical engineering so she could one day improve the environment. She lived with her brother in a small apartment near the university #December6

Annie St-Arneault (1966): A mechanical engineering student from La Tuque, Que., was in her last class before graduation when she died. She had a job interview with Alcan Aluminium scheduled for the following day. #December6

Michèle Richard (1968): A second-year metallurgical engineering student, She was presenting a paper with Maud Haviernick when she was killed. #December6

Sonia Pelletier (1961): A mechanical engineering student and the top of her class, she was the youngest of 8 children. #December6 was her last day of school before graduating.

Anne-Marie Lemay (1967): A fourth-year mechanical engineering student and the eldest of four girls. Longtime friend Jean Blondin said “she had all the talent in the world and a promising future.” #December6

Maryse Laganière (1964): The only non-student killed. She worked in the engineering school's budget department and had recently married. #December6

Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (1958): A first-year student, she gave up her career as an economist to study nursing in Canada. She arrived in Montreal from Poland in 1987 #December6

Maud Haviernick (1960): A second-year student in metallurgical engineering, and a graduate in environmental design from the Université du Québec à Montréal #December6

Anne-Marie Edward (1968): Chemical engineering student, was close with her family and loved outdoor sports like skiing and diving #December6

Barbara Daigneault (1967): Was expected to graduate from mechanical engineering at the end of the year. She was a TA for her father, Pierre Daigneault. #December6

Nathalie Croteau (1966): In her final year of mechanical engineering. She planned to take a two-week vacation to Mexico with Hélène Colgan at the end of the month #December6