Posts Tagged: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

The installation, constructed by a team of U of T Engineering students, features imagery of symbolic significance to Indigenous communities, including buffalo, eagle feathers, flowers, water, medicine wheels, and qulliq (or oil lamps). (Credit: Roberta Baker).

December 6, 2017 | By Marit Mitchell

Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people honoured with monument on U of T campus

Women gather to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Held each year on Dec. 6, the day commemorates the École Polytechnique shooting, at which 14 women were killed, most of them engineering students. (Credit: Lisa Lightbourn)

December 5, 2017 | By Romi Levine

Remembering victims of the Montreal Massacre: Commemorating the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Students interact with the monument to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, December 6, 2016. (Credit: Kevin Soobrian)

December 6, 2016 | By Marit Mitchell

Engineering students construct monument to mark National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women