Dalhousie Women in Engineering Ceremony of Rememberence
5:30 pm to 6:15 pm, 5257 Morris Street, Halifax, NS.
On December sixth the Dalhousie Women in Engineering (WIE) Society will be presenting their annual ceremony of remembrance to mark the date of the tragic events that happened exactly thirty years ago; when a lone gunman entered Ecole Polytechnique, targeting female engineering students. This ceremony will commemorate the loss of life as well as convey a message of perseverance and resilience for women in STEM. Dalhousie University is one of four schools across the country participating in Ecole Polytechnique’s national ceremony.
All are welcome to come and join.
Start time : 5:30 PM
Ceremony End Time : 6:15 PM with refreshments to follow
Location : 5257 Morris Street, Halifax “Richard Murray Design Building” in the “Irving Oil Auditorium”
Parking: free parking located at 1335 Queen Street after 4 PM
Candle Lit Vigil - National Day of Rememberence and Action
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm - Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre (606 Reeve St., Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia)
You are invited to join the Strait Area Women's Centre at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre in the Arts and Crafts Room on Friday December 6th 2019 @ 6pm. Wear your PURPLE RIBBONS and light candles to remember and honor each woman killed in Montreal in 1989, and every woman affected by violence still today.
Ceremony of Remembrance and to raise awareness, with guest readers and a musical interlude brought to you by Strait Area Women's Place/Leeside Society.
Event Details
"Not-So-Silent" Vigil
5:15 pm - 7:30 pm, Ralph M. Medjuck Building (5410 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
This year’s Not-so-Silent Vigil seeks to raise awareness of gender-based violence while raising up the voices of women. It will showcase a diversity of voices, perspectives and experiences of women who actively push the boundaries limiting them. We gather to remember the lives that were lost.
Event Details
National Day of Rememberence and Action on Violence Against Women
9:45 am to 12:05 pm, Kenneth Rowe Hall, Pier 21 (1055 Marginal Road Halifax)
On December 6, 2019, the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the
Status of Women will recognize The National Day of Remembrance
and Action on Violence Against Women.
Space is limited. Please reserve your seat (or a table) by December
2nd at: https://www.eiseverywhere.com/dec6ns
Event Details
National Day of Rememberence and Action on Violence Against Women
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm, The Lotus Centre (67 Dominion Street, Truro, NS)
You are invited to a small ceremony in remembrance of the women who were murdered because they were women on December 6, 1989 at L'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.
The Lotus Centre and Third Place Transition House will hold a brief candle lighting ceremony and provide sandwiches and refreshments.