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Film documents memorial created for victims of Montreal Massacre
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The unveiling of the Marker of Change, Dec. 6, 1997. Photo supplied
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Since the murders in 1989, male violence in Canada and around the world has increased. This violence is so widespread that all women and girls in Canada are affected, and Indigenous women and women with disabilities are disproportionately targeted. “Please join us at the film and vigil to remember the women and children we have lost, to support those at risk now, and to press for action to ensure a safer world for future generations,” said Heather Ney, executive director of Comox Valley Transition Society.
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pink granite benches. It was unveiled in downtown Vancouver eight years after the massacre. The film is presented by the World Community Film Festival, the Comox Valley Transition Society, the Comox Valley Art Gallery, and the Women’s Monument Committee. On Dec. 6, the Transition Society will host a vigil on the plaza of the Comox Valley Art Gallery from noon to 1 p.m. to mark the anniversary of the Montréal massacre and remember all women who have been killed by male violence.
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Local groups will honour this year’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women with a Dec. 2 film screening and a Dec. 6 vigil. Three local groups are co-presenting the documentary Marker of Change: The Story of the Women’s Monument on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2:30 p.m., at the Stan Hagen Theatre of North Island College. The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Moira Simpson, the film’s producers, and members of the Women’s Monument Committee. Everyone is welcome and admission is free, with donations to the Comox Valley Transition Society gratefully accepted. The film tells the story of the seven-year struggle to create “something loving, something permanent” to honour the 14 young women at Montréal’s École Polytechnique who were systematically murdered on Dec. 6, 1989, in what became known as the Montréal Massacre. The Women’s Monument is a circle of 14 Laurentian
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