Where Were you December 6, 1989?

Tl never forget where I was. I was at home, trying to figure out what had
happened. Basically, I had been violently forced to leave my jobI had held
for over two years because the new manager did not believe that women
belonged in business. I was shocked when the News reported the horror
of what had happened 1’Ecole Polytechnique earlier that day. Fourteen
women had been shot, killed, singled out because they were women.

In response to this a few Capilano College students got together, deter-
mined to not let these women be forgotten. Over the last four years, these
women and a small group of volunteers have been working to establisha |
permanent piece of public art to address the issue of violence against
women. This piece is intended to be a monument that will honor and re-
member the 14 Quebecois women who were murdered that day, and all
women who are victims of violence. It will also challenge an historical pat-
tern: the women lost will be remembered, not. their killers.

Thorton Park, at Main and Terminal, has been donated as a site for the
Monument. On October 7th, 1994, the winning design was selected from
over 98 submissions, by the jury of seven Canadian women, themselves
significant contributors in the field of art, architecture and human rights.
The chosen design was submitted by Beth Alber of Halifax, and is ex- :
pected to be completed by summer 1995. Her design, as well as the other

2 finalists and 16 Special Mentions are featured in the exhibition cur-
rently at the VAG

until November 8 entitled Giving Voice: The Women’s Monument Exhibit.

December 6th is approaching, and offering you the opportunity to

participate; to remember and to show your support for those we have al-
ready lost to violence, and for those who are still living with it.

Notices will be posted as to the planned events here at ECIAD, at the

Monument Site, and elsewhere. Should you have any suggestions as to

how we might mark the day, please leave a note, with your name, in my
box.

Please don’t let this day go by: participate in this day of remembrance >

Rita Beiks

Where Were you December 6, 1989?

I'll never forget where I was. I was at home, trying to figure out what had
happened. Basically, I had been violently forced to leave my jobI had held
for over two years because the new manager did not believe that women
belonged in business. I was shocked when the News reported the horror
of what had happened 1’Ecole Polytechnique earlier that day. Fourteen
women had been shot, killed, singled out because they were women.

In response to this a few Capilano College students got together, deter-
mined to not let these women be forgotten. Over the last four years, these
women and a small group of volunteers have been working to establish a
permanent piece of public art to address the issue of violence against
women. This piece is intended to be a monument that will honor and re-
member the 14 Quebecois women who were murdered that day, and all
women who are victims of violence. It will also challenge an historical pat-
tern: the women lost will be remembered, not. their killers.

Thorton Park, at Main and Terminal, has been donated as a site for the
Monument. On October 7th, 1994, the winning design was selected from
over 98 submissions, by the jury of seven Canadian women, themselves
significant contributors in the field of art, architecture and human rights.
The chosen design was submitted by Beth Alber of Halifax, and is ex-
pected to be completed by summer 1995. Her design, as well as the other
2 finalists and 16 Special Mentions are featured in the exhibition cur-
rently at the VAG

until November 8 entitled Giving Voice: The Women’s Monument Exhibit.

December 6th is approaching, and offering you the opportunity to

participate; to remember and to show your support for those we have al-
ready lost to violence, and for those who are still living with it.

Notices will be posted as to the planned events here at ECIAD, at the

Monument Site, and elsewhere. Should you have any suggestions as to

how we might mark the day, please leave a note, with your name, in my
box.

Please don’t let this day go by: participate in this day of remembrance

Rita Beiks