November 25, 2009 - National Day of Remembrance activities at Douglas College

The public is invited to join Douglas College, the Women’s Centre, the Douglas Students’ Union and New Westminster MLA Dawn Black in honouring and remembering the women who lost their lives on December 6, 1989 at Montreal’s École Polytechnique University. This year marks the 20th anniversary of this horrific event when 14 women were killed by a gunman targeting female students.

A series of events will take place at Douglas College from December 1-7, including a vigil on December 3 where Dawn Black, who introduced a bill in Parliament to make December 6 a permanent National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, will be a guest speaker. Events include:

• December 1 - Free women’s self defense class, room 1313, 2:30-4:30pm (New Westminster Campus)
• December 1-3 - Banner signing activity in the Concourse (New Westminster Campus)
• December 3 - Montreal Massacre vigil with Dawn Black, room 2201, 10:30am remembrance video followed by 11am vigil (New Westminster Campus)
• December 3 - Guest speaker from the Battered Women’s Centre of Vancouver 1-3pm, room 2804 (New Westminster Campus)
• December 7 - Montreal Massacre vigil, 11am in the Atrium (David Lam Campus, Coquitlam)

The New Westminster Campus is located at 700 Royal Avenue, one block from New West SkyTrain Station. The David Lam Campus is located at 1250 Pinetree Way, 1 km north of Coquitlam Centre.