NOVEMBER 26, 1999
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THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA NOVEMBER 26, 1999 |
| The UVic community will honour the 14 women killed 10 years ago in the massacre at Montréal’s Ecole Polytechnique at a memorial ceremony on Dec. 3 at 11:45 a.m. in front of the MacLaurin Building.
UVic Chancellor Dr. Norma Mickelson will lead the ceremony. UVic vice president academic and provost Dr. Penny Codding will also speak, and nursing professor Dr. Colleen Varcoe will talk about violence against women. The Philomela choir will perform and UVic engineering students Chris Singer and Megan Howell Jones will be joined by 14 fellow students in lighting 14 candles in honour of the murdered women. All members of the on and off-campus community are invited to attend the ceremony, which is being held on the final day of fall classes at UVic. Following the memorial, the UVic women’s centre invites women and children to attend a gathering in the Halpern Graduate Students’ Centre from 12:30 to 2 p.m. In support of the theme “Strong Women, Strong Coffee,” refreshments will be served and an open mike will be available to those interested in reading, performing or speaking. For further information about the women’s centre event call 721-8353. |