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Please join us at noon on the Abbotsford campus to recognize the National Day of Awareness and Action on Violence Against Women.<\/p>\n
It has been over 30 years since the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al (December 6, 1989). This act of violent misogyny shook our country and led Parliament to designate December 6 as The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.<\/p>\n
On December 6, we remember:<\/p>\n
Genevi\u00e8ve Bergeron
\nH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Colgan
\nNathalie Croteau
\nBarbara Daigneault
\nAnne-Marie Edward
\nMaud Haviernick
\nMaryse Lagani\u00e8re
\nMaryse Leclair
\nAnne-Marie Lemay
\nSonia Pelletier
\nMich\u00e8le Richard
\nAnnie St-Arneault
\nAnnie Turcotte
\nBarbara Klucznik-Widajewicz<\/p>\n
As we mourn their loss and remember their lives, we reaffirm our commitment to fight the hatred that led to this tragedy, and the misogyny that still exists today. In Canada and around the world, women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ individuals face unacceptable violence and discrimination. Gender-based violence in Canada has been magnified and amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been reports from police services, shelters, and local organizations of an increase in calls related to gender-based violence across Canada during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is about remembering those who have experienced gender-based violence and those who we have lost to it. It is also a time to take action. Achieving a Canada free from gender-based violence requires everyone living in this country to educate themselves and their families and communities on gender-based violence, center the voices of survivors in our actions and speak up against harmful behaviours.<\/p>\n
Tues, Dec 6
\n12-1 pm
\nBreezeway between Bldgs A & B (Abbotsford)<\/p>\n
https:\/\/events.ufv.ca\/events\/candlelit-vigil-national-day-of-awareness-and-action-on-violence-against-women\/<\/a><\/p>\n For more information, contact Courtney Klemets at courtney.klemets@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n 12\/07\/2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Please join us at noon on the Abbotsford campus to recognize the National Day of Awareness and Action on Violence Against Women. It has been over 30 years since the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al (December 6, 1989). This act of violent misogyny shook our country and led Parliament to designate December … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":29196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-myufv","category-ufv-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29195"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29223,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29195\/revisions\/29223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}