Marker of Change, the Women's Monument

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Unveiling Ceremony, December 6th, 1997

Location: Thornton Park, Main St. and Terminal Ave. Vancouver, BC
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Latest Activity: Apr 23, 2011

Marker of Change, Vancouver, BC

The Women's Monument project reached fruition with the construction of Marker of Change -
a 300 foot circle of fourteen Laurentian pink granite benches. It is the outcome of a seven year project to build a women's monument in memory of the fourteen women murdered December 6, 1989, at the Engineering School of the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The monument is dedicated to all women murdered by men with the dedication inscribed in seven different languages.

To determine the shape of the monument a national design competition was held, open to women artists throughout Canada. We believed in the power of art and artists to create something extraordinary that would touch visitors and draw them in to empathize and participate in remembering and honouring the women we have lost to violence. A seven member jury selected Marker of Change.

Each year memorial events are held at the monument site. On a sunny day, numerous visitors rest on the granite benches. Children can be seen playing on the clay tiles circling the benches. The tiles are hand-stamped with the names of all who contributed to the monument.

In loving memory of Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Maria Klucznik, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault and Annie Turcotte.

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Comment by ROSE on December 24, 2010 at 3:51pm: On December 6, 1989, fourteen women were murdered at the Engineering School of the University of Montreal. December 6th was later declared by parliament to be Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

IN LOVING MEMORY
Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student
Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), mechanical engineering student
Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968), chemical engineering student
Maud Haviernick (born 1960), materials engineering student
Maryse Laganière (born 1964), budget clerk in the finance department
Maryse Leclair (born 1966), materials engineering student
Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967), mechanical engineering student
Sonia Pelletier (born 1961), mechanical engineering student
Michèle Richard (born 1968), materials engineering student
Annie St-Arneault (born 1966), mechanical engineering student
Annie Turcotte (born 1969), materials engineering student
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958), nursing student

Comment by ROSE on December 12, 2010 at 2:11pm: The fourteen women named here were murdered

December 6th 1989 at the Univeristy of Montreal.

We, their sisters and brothers, remember, and work for a better world.

In memory and in grief for all women murderd by men.

Women of all countries, all classes, all ages, all colours.