Sunday was the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, when Marc Lepine opened fire at l’École Polytechnique in Montréal, killing 14 women. The women were targeted because of their gender - Lepine blamed feminism for his actions.
Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is observed on December 6th, to mark the anniversary of the [...]
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December 10th is Human Rights Day, an international awareness day that commemorates the UN’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Every year Human Rights Day has a theme: human rights education, torture, poverty…this year the focus is on non-discrimination, whether on the basis of “race, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, disability, property, [...]
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