On the evening of December 6, 1989, a man with a rifle entered the engineering school at the University of Montreal. In the end, after separating men from women, fourteen women were killed, others were wounded, and the gunman lay dead by his own hand. His stated motive was revenge on the so-called feminists who […]
Month: December 2019
The Montreal Massacre
![This button commemorates the murder of 14 women, just because they were women, at L'École Polytechnique in Montreal on December 6, 1989. Although many other buttons have been designed by various groups, this button is one of the most well-recognized and worn.](https://riseuparchive.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/montrealmassacre.jpg)
“The reason Marc Lepine walked into that classroom in Quebec and separated the men from the women, proceeding to call them “a bunch of feminists” and systematically slaughter the women can be found not in his individual “psychological state” but in our gender divided society that legitmates violence against women. The reasons are also found […]
Fighting for Public Education… Then & Now
![Feminist, union and leftwing activist Liz Barkley emerged as a strong leader during the 1975 secondary school teachers' strike in Toronto. Liz was later elected to the Provincial Executive of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation and served as President in the 1990s.](https://riseuparchive.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/osstf-Liz-Barkely.jpg)
International Day of People with Disabilities
![The DisAbled Women's Network is a feminist not-for-profit organization initiated in 1985 whose purpose has been to bring attention to the range of issues including physical accessibility, facing women with disabilities.](https://riseuparchive.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/DisAbledWomensNetwork092.jpg)
Solidarity with Bolivia, Chile and Venezuela
![Participants in 1983 International Women's Day March in Toronto call for action and solidarity with Polish workers and the people of El Salvador and Nicaragua.](https://riseuparchive.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/IWD-demo-1983_83007.jpg)