University of Lethbridge to unveil Peace Garden Mural
It has been 35 years since the murder of 14 young women at École Polytechnique in Montréal on December 6, 1989. Since 1991, Canada has recognized this date as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
This December 6, the University of Lethbridge honours the women murdered in an act of misogyny:
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Please join us as we gather in the newly relocated Women’s Peace Garden in the University Library as we remember those affected by gender-based violence.
The Library, in collaboration with the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) teams, will be unveiling the Peace Garden Muralwhich will be a place to reflect, remember and celebrate the lives that were cut short. This project is led by the library staff — Emma Scott, Marnie Rogstad and Jessica Davies — with the support of University Librarian, Dr. Harold Jansen, as part of its commitment to creating spaces where we all belong and feel safe.
The Peace Garden Mural was designed by second-year Fine Arts student Claire Lahey.
WHAT: Media availability for unveiling of the Peace Garden Mural
WHEN: Friday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m.
WHERE: University of Lethbridge Library (main level 10)
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Contact:
Trevor Kenney, Manager of Public Affairs
403-329-2710
403-360-7639 (cell)
@ULethbridge
Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. The University is located in traditional Blackfoot Confederacy territory. We honour the Blackfoot people and their traditional ways of knowing in caring for this land, as well as all Indigenous Peoples who have helped shape and continue to strengthen our University community.