On Dec. 6, 1989, an armed man killed 14 women, and injured 13 other individuals at Polytechnique Montréal in an act of gender-based violence.
On the anniversary of the event, Champlain remembers the 14 women who died that day.
Their names were:
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte