{"id":2427,"date":"2009-12-07T04:34:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T09:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2009-12-07T04:34:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T09:34:41","slug":"in-memoriam20th-anniversary-of-montreal-massacre-we-remember-sciencewomen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/07\/in-memoriam20th-anniversary-of-montreal-massacre-we-remember-sciencewomen\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam::20th anniversary of Montreal Massacre: We remember : Sciencewomen"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>20th anniversary of Montreal Massacre: We remember<br \/>\nCategory: Alice shares&#8230;<br \/>\nPosted on: December 6, 2009 5:22 PM, by Alice<br \/>\nOn December 6, 1989, an armed gunman named Marc Lepine entered an engineering classroom at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec. He demanded all 48 men in the class leave the room, lined up all 9 women against a wall, and, shouting &#8220;You are all a bunch of [expletive] feminists!&#8221;, proceeded to shoot them. He went into the hall and shot 18 more people, mostly at random. He finally shot himself.<br \/>\nHe had killed 14 women all together, and injured 9 more women and 4 men.<br \/>\nThe women who died could have been anyone. They could have been your friends, your mothers, your sisters, your lovers, your daughters, your neighbors, your students, your teachers, maybe even you.<br \/>\n<strong>They were killed because they were women.<\/strong><br \/>\nRemember those who died in the Montreal Massacre:<br \/>\nGenevieve Bergeron, 21, was a 2nd year scholarship student in civil engineering.<br \/>\nHelene Colgan, 23, was in her final year of mechanical engineering and planned to take her master&amp;apos;s degree.<br \/>\nNathalie Croteau, 23, was in her final year of mechanical engineering.<br \/>\nBarbara Daigneault, 22, was in her final year of mechanical engineering and held a teaching assistantship.<br \/>\nAnne-Marie Edward, 21, was a first year student in chemical engineering.<br \/>\nMaud Haviernick, 29, was a 2nd year student in engineering materials, and a graduate in environmental design.<br \/>\nBarbara Maria Klucznik, 31, was a 2nd year engineering student specializing in engineering materials.<br \/>\nMaryse Laganiere, 25, worked in the budget department of the Polytechnique.<br \/>\nMaryse Leclair, 23, was a 4th year student in engineering materials.<br \/>\nAnne-Marie Lemay, 27, was a 4th year student in mechanical engineering.<br \/>\nSonia Pelletier, 28, was to graduate the next day in mechanical engineering. She was awarded a degree posthumously.<br \/>\nMichele Richard, 21, was a 2nd year student in engineering materials.<br \/>\nAnnie St-Arneault, 23, was a mechanical engineering student.<br \/>\nAnnie Turcotte, 21, was a first year student in engineering materials.<br \/>\nPlease honour the white ribbon as a symbol of the fight against violence against women.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/sciencewoman\/2009\/12\/20th_anniversary_of_montreal_m.php?utm_source=selectfeed&amp;utm_medium=rss\">20th anniversary of Montreal Massacre: We remember : Sciencewomen<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20th anniversary of Montreal Massacre: We remember Category: Alice shares&#8230; Posted on: December 6, 2009 5:22 PM, by Alice On December 6, 1989, an armed gunman named Marc Lepine entered an engineering classroom at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec. 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