École Polytechnique Massacre Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The École Polytechnique Massacre or Montreal Massacre was a gun massacre in Montreal, Quebec, whose victims were all women.

On December 6, 1989, Marc Lépine; entered the École Polytechnique, affiliated with the University of Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He went into an engineering class, separated the men from the women, forced out the men at gunpoint, began to scream about how he hated feminists, and then opened fire on the women. Lépine continued his rampage in other parts of the building, opening fire on other women he encountered. He killed fourteen women - 13 students and a secretary - before committing suicide.

Marc Lépine left a note explaining that he blamed feminism for the failures in his life, including not being accepted into engineering school, despite the fact that women only made up 20 per cent of engineering students at that time.

The massacre profoundly shocked Quebecers and Canadians. The Quebec government and the Montreal city government declared three days of mourning. When Lépine's motive became clear, the event served as a massive spur for the Canadian feminist movement and for action against violence against women. December 6 is now observed as a memorial day, especially in Montreal; Parliament declared the anniversary as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. A white ribbon is the symbol of December 6 memorials.

The massacre was also a major spur for the Canadian gun control movement, which finally resulted in the passage of stricter gun control legislation in 1998.

The women who died were:

1. Geneviève Bergeron (1968-1989), a scholarship student majoring in civil engineering. She was also a talented musician;
2. Hélène Colgan (1966-1989) only a semester away from graduating with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering;
3. Nathalie Croteau
4. Barbara Daigneault (1967-1989) in her final year of mechanical engineering; Her father was a mechanical engineering professor at another Montreal-area engineering school, and Barbara helped him as a teaching assistant.
5. Anne-Marie Edward (1968-1989) chemical engineering student and member of the university's alpine ski team and her family elected to bury her in her team uniform.
6. Maud Haviernick (1960-1989) had a bachelor's degree in environmental studies and was in her second year of materials engineering;
7. Maryse Laganière
8. Maryse Leclair
9. Anne-Marie Lemay
10. Sonia Pelletier
11. Michèle Richard
12. Annie St-Arneault
13. Annie Turcotte (1969-1989), majoring in materials engineering
14. Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz, departmental secretary

Artwork Nef pour quatorze reines (Nave for fourteen queens) by Rose-Marie Goulet, in the Place du 6-Décembre-1989, a memorial to the École Polytechnique Massacre in Montreal (in the Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough)

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