Fancy C. Poitras33 years ago, I was 10. My sister had gone off to college in Alberta, leaving me as they last kid at home. It was a typical December day in Yellowknife, we went to school/work, and came home. My parents liked to have the news on, so we immediately heard the horrifying news breaking out of Montreal. A lot of parents with kids at college started to worry about the prospect of a copycat. This was before cellphones, so my mother was anxious until she finally got a hold of my sister. #PolySeSouvient
There are people claiming they’ve never heard of the #MontrealMassacre. Those people are either disingenuous or willfully ignorant for their own selfish ends. Either way, they are a direct challenge to addressing Gender-Based Violence in Canada.
Chickenhat@plainfancy I'm terribly sorry for your family's scare and this is an awful thing to have happened. It says something to me of Canada's betterment that we don't remember or honor our women dead by male violence.
But if never heard of this until I saw the trending hashtags on my search tab. Sorry.
@chickenhat it’s honoured every year across the country with ceremonies, which are featured on the news.
There are monuments in cities and towns across Canada.
In 1991, December 6th was designated as th National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, and a White Ribbon Campaign was started in memory of the massacre.
It been a steady presence in social media trends for years.
There are plays, films and songs about it.
There are monuments in cities and towns across Canada.
In 1991, December 6th was designated as th National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, and a White Ribbon Campaign was started in memory of the massacre.
It been a steady presence in social media trends for years.
There are plays, films and songs about it.
@plainfancy I'm sorry here in states I'd never heard abt it. I'm sorry we're so self centered and backwards. And I guess I've not followed the right Canadians on Twitter. I'd just never heard abt it. I'm glad that massacre is honored so well. It seems I'm shocked every day to learn of more horror things is thought we'd gotten rid of in the 60s here and surely everywhere else the century before. I'm sorry