Commemoration ceremony for the femicide at the École Polytechnique de Montréal on Friday, 5 December 2025, at noon.
26 November 2025
On Friday, 5 December 2025, the University of Alberta's Campus Saint-Jean, the Alberta Women's Coalition and the Association des Universitaires de la Faculté Saint-Jean are jointly organizing a ceremony to commemorate the femicide of 6 December 1989 at the École Polytechnique de Montréal, in the presence of the Dean and members of the administration of the Saint-Jean Campus and the University of Alberta.
The ceremony will pay tribute to the victims of femicide:
- Geneviève Bergeron
- Helen 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
We invite members of the student body, academic and administrative staff, as well as members of the Edmonton community to attend.
This solemn commemoration will take place at noon in the Dorval Room of the Lacerte Pavilion, at the foot of Patrick Jacob's statue Trinity, a work of art paying tribute to the victims.
During the ceremony, the names of the victims will be read aloud and 14 white roses, each representing a victim of femicide, will be laid at the foot of the sculpture.
Refreshments will be served at the end of the ceremony.