Monday, December 7, 2009

Remembering The École Polytechnique Massacre


Honouring The Fallen Of École Polytechnique -- The Montreal Gazette

Lili-Anna Peresa receives doctorate for contributing 'to human progress'.

ONTREAL – For Lili-Anna Peresa, Dec. 6, 1989, was a call to action.

Peresa was a 25-year-old graduate of the École Polytechnique when Marc Lépine killed 14 women there in an anti-feminist rampage.

Touched to the core, Peresa quit her well-paying job as an engineer to became a humanitarian aid worker in countries torn apart by poverty and war.

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More News On The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre

Montreal Massacre events mark 1989 shootings -- CBC
Montrealers remember Ecole Polytechnique shooting -- CTV
Remembering is not enough -- Canada.com
Events nationwide mark 20th anniversary of Montreal massacre -- Vancouver Sun

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