{"id":72005,"date":"2020-12-04T07:57:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T12:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=72005"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:20:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:20:58","slug":"honour-victims-ecole-polytechnique-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/honour-victims-ecole-polytechnique-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University Shares Video in Honour of Victims of \u00c9cole Polytechnique Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 pt-24 pb-32 md:pt-28 md:pb-44 lg:pt-36 lg:pb-60 xl:pt-48 xl:pb-72\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/white-ribbon-day-2020-1200w-1.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Carleton University Shares Video in Honour of Victims of \u00c9cole Polytechnique Tragedy\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"absolute bottom-0 w-full z-[1]\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 1280 312\">\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M26.412 315.608c-.602-.268-6.655-2.412-13.524-4.769a1943.84 1943.84 0 0 1-14.682-5.144l-2.276-.858v-5.358c0-4.876.086-5.358.773-5.09 1.674.643 21.38 5.84 34.646 9.109 14.682 3.59 28.935 6.858 45.936 10.449l9.874 2.089H57.322c-16.4 0-30.31-.16-30.91-.428ZM460.019 315.233c42.974-10.074 75.602-19.88 132.443-39.867 76.16-26.791 152.063-57.709 222.385-90.663 16.7-7.823 21.336-10.074 44.262-21.273 85.004-41.688 134.719-64.193 195.291-88.413 66.55-26.577 145.2-53.584 194.27-66.765C1258.5 5.626 1281.34 0 1282.24 0c.17 0 .34 27.596.34 61.3v61.299l-2.23.375c-84.7 13.718-165.93 35.955-310.736 84.931-46.494 15.753-65.427 22.076-96.166 32.15-9.102 3-24.814 8.198-34.989 11.574-107.543 35.954-153.008 50.422-196.626 62.639l-6.74 1.876-89.126-.054c-78.135-.054-88.782-.161-85.948-.857ZM729.628 312.875c33.229-10.985 69.248-23.523 127.506-44.207 118.705-42.223 164.596-57.709 217.446-73.302 2.62-.75 8.29-2.465 12.67-3.751 56.19-16.772 126.94-33.597 184.17-43.671 5.07-.91 9.66-1.768 10.22-1.875l.94-.161v170.236l-281.28-.054H719.968l9.66-3.215ZM246.864 313.411c-65.041-2.251-143.047-12.11-208.432-26.256-18.375-3.965-41.73-9.538-42.202-10.074-.171-.214-.257-21.38-.214-47.046l.129-46.618 6.654 3.697c57.313 32.043 118.491 56.531 197.699 79.143 40.313 11.521 83.459 18.058 138.669 21.059 15.584.857 65.685.857 81.14 0 33.744-1.876 61.306-4.93 88.396-9.806 6.396-1.126 11.634-1.983 11.722-1.929.255.375-20.48 7.769-30.999 11.038-28.592 8.948-59.288 15.646-91.873 20.147-26.36 3.59-50.015 5.627-78.35 6.698-15.584.59-55.209.59-72.339-.053Z\"><\/path>\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M-3.066 295.067 32.06 304.1v9.033H-3.066v-18.066Z\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University\u2019s Faculty of Engineering and Design has released a video commemorating White Ribbon Day, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Filmed on campus, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5HkMOJLySAc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> offers faculty, staff and students an opportunity to reflect on the 1989 massacre of 14 students at \u00c9cole Polytechnique de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carleton Reflects on White Ribbon Day 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5HkMOJLySAc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn this date, we remember the 14 women whose lives were tragically cut short by an act of gender-based violence,\u201d said Engineering Prof. Winnie Ye, who took part in the video. \u201cIt is our collective responsibility to be part of the solution and to ensure that all persons are provided with equal opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton has recognized this date with an event each year. This time, the presentation was virtual and began with remarks from Carleton Student Engineering Society executive, Anto Dency Amalraj.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAs a leader in the Carleton student engineering community, I am continually encouraged to advocate for diversity and inclusivity of different genders and sexual orientations,\u201d said Amalraj.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI ask that you remember moments like today where you can see and feel the gravity of gender-based violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-71972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/white-ribbon-day-2020-1000w-1.jpg\" alt=\"Carleton Student Engineering Society Executive Anto Dency Amalraj\" class=\"wp-image-71972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/white-ribbon-day-2020-1000w-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/white-ribbon-day-2020-1000w-1-400x233.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/white-ribbon-day-2020-1000w-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/white-ribbon-day-2020-1000w-1-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/white-ribbon-day-2020-1000w-1-700x408.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/white-ribbon-day-2020-1000w-1-200x117.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carleton Student Engineering Society Executive Anto Dency Amalraj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Benoit-Antoine Bacon shared personal memories of growing up witnessing gender-based domestic violence, and of living in Montreal on the day the massacre occurred. 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