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This year, Ryerson's "December 6th Memorial event" will be held on
Thursday, December 4th, at 12:00noon in the east section of
the Quad by the December 6th Memorial Sculpture. The purpose of this
event is to remember the 14 women engineering students at Ecole
Polytechnique in Montreal, who were murdered because they were women.
At Ryerson, "December 6th" is a day for Ryerson students, faculty and
staff to join together to remember and honour all the women who live
with and have died by violence.
Speakers at this year's Memorial event will include the Executive
Director of 519 Church Street Community Centre, Ryerson's President,
Ryerson's VP Administration & Student Affairs, as well as
representatives from Ryerson's Women's Centre and RyeSAC.
After the ceremony refreshments will be served in Room KHE-124, and
purple ribbons to commemorate the event will be on sale prior to the
event, in Room KHE-124.
If you are interested in joining Ryerson's December 6th Committee, or
assisting with December 6th activities, please contact either the Office
of Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Services (x7494) or the
Women in Engineering Office (x7220).
December 6th Memorial
The Canadian Government has proclaimed December 6th a "National Day of
Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women", and commemorative
events occur annually across Canada to remember the women killed in 1989
and to continue action to end violence in all of its forms.
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Tuesday, 14-Jul-2015 18:07:11 EDT