Looking Backward - Looking Forward: Remembering December 6th

December 6 marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and the 35th anniversary of the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal - 12 of them engineering students - in a tragic act of antifeminist violence. On this day, we also remember Lynda Shaw, a  Western mechanical engineering student who was murdered in 1990.

As a part of our commemoration this year, we reflect on the theme "Looking Backward - Looking Forward", honouring the lives lost and highlighting mother and daughter engineers who inspire progress and hope for the future.

In this video series, we speak with 12 multi-generation women engineers to hear how they responded to the events of December 6 and what their hopes are for women in engineering.

On behalf of Western Engineering, thank you to all who participated in this project and sharing your stories.