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When misogyny turns deadly | The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)
Violent misogyny is a threat to half our population, Elizabeth Renzetti writes. We need to call it what it is: terrorism On Dec. 6, Canada will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the massacre at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal, when 14 women were..."You know, that person wanted to get rid of women in engineering ... In fact, the opposite occurred. It really galvanized some people to do some very proactive things around ensuring that women would be welcomed — not only included, but welcomed — into the engineering profession."
How female engineers of the Montreal Massacre generation are changing the world | CBC News
On Dec. 6, 1989, a gunman fatally shot 14 young women studying to be engineers at Montreal's École Polytechnique. Thirty years later, other women of that generation have made their mark on engineering and the world, from designing aircraft to earthquake-proofing buildings.