Join McMaster Engineering as we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the massacre of 14 female engineering students at École Polytechnique de Montréal on Dec. 6, 1989.

Overview
On December 6, 1989, at approximately 5 p.m., what should have been a joyful celebration of camaraderie and the end of the school semester, turned into a tragedy. A man entered a classroom at École Polytechnique de Montréal with an assault weapon. He ordered the men to go to one side of the room and the women to go to the other. He targeted the female engineering students and shot them.

The tragic murder of 14 brilliant and creative women, beloved sisters and cherished daughters, sparked a deep outrage among the population. Governments quickly declared December 6th as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women .

In order to keep the memory of these young victims alive, a new Memory Committee was formed at École Polytechnique de Montréal in 2014.

Since 2014, fourteen beams of light have been lighting up the sky in Montreal every evening on December 6, in memory of the fourteen victims of École Polytechnique’s tragedy.

This year, Polytechnique has reached out to partner engineering schools across the country, including McMaster University, to commemorate this event by beaming a giant light into the sky at 5 p.m.

Join faculty members, students, alumni and others as we mark this recognize this event and reflect on diversity within engineering, and the work that has been done and continues to be needed.

The event will be broadcast live on CBC.

For more information, go to eng.mcmaster.ca/events