National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

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The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Template:Langx), also known informally as White Ribbon Day (Jour du Ruban Blanc), is a day commemorated in Canada each December 6, the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, in which armed student Marc Lépine murdered fourteen women and injured fourteen others in the name of "fighting feminism".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The commemoration date was established by the Parliament of Canada in 1991.<ref name="establishment date"/> The legislation was introduced in the House of Commons as a private member's bill by Dawn Black, Member of Parliament for New Westminster-Burnaby, British Columbia, and received all-party support.

Canadian flags on all federal buildingsTemplate:Spaced ndashincluding the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, OntarioTemplate:Spaced ndashare flown at half-mast on December 6. Canadians are encouraged to observe a minute of silence on December 6 and to wear a white ribbon (or a purple ribbon) as a commitment to end violence against women.

The victims of the 1989 massacre were Geneviève Bergeron, 21; Hélène Colgan, 23; Nathalie Croteau, 23; Barbara Daigneault, 22; Anne-Marie Edward, 21; Maud Haviernick, 29; Barbara Klucznik, 31; Maryse Laganière, 25; Maryse Leclair, 23; Anne-Marie Lemay, 22; Sonia Pelletier, 23; Michèle Richard, 21; Annie St-Arneault, 23; and Annie Turcotte, 20.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In response to the event, many Canadians have worked hard to establish memorial sites all across the country to ensure that people will become more aware of the incident that occurred. This is intended to force society to recognize how often violence occurs towards women and to appreciate the lives of the women who were killed. Feminism advocates and activists trying to stop violence directed towards women have shown concern about using the massacre to solely represent violence against women.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The news took the ascribed perspective of the killer having mental problems. This effectively dismissed feminist analyses stating that “the killer went to this extent to proclaim his anti-feminist opinion.”<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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