Media Advisory - 21st Anniversary of Montreal Massacre: Women's College
Hospital Remembers

TORONTO, Dec. 3 /CNW/ - Women's College Hospital will hold its annual ceremony in recognition of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010.

WHAT:	A commemorative service in memory of the 14 young women who were murdered in an act of gender-based violence at l'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989.  The service will be held at Women's College Hospital as part of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women established in 1991 by the Canadian government.
	Delivering the keynote address entitled "On An Ordinary Day - On Every Ordinary Day" will be Nneka MacGregor, co-founder and executive director of the Women's Centre for Social Justice. Her talk will focus on the events that led to December 6 becoming an 'extra-ordinary' day, and the violence and abuse that women continue to be subjected to every day. It is a call for all of us to do more than remember and mourn, but actively engage and create social change.
	Fourteen individuals will place roses in a vase as a touching gesture of remembrance when the names of the 14 murdered women are read aloud. A 15^th rose will be placed in remembrance of the women and children slain through domestic violence in Ontario during the past year. Also participating in the ceremony will be the Hon.  Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care; the Hon. Dr. Carolyn Bennett, PC, MP; and deputy chief Peter Sloly, Toronto Police Service, among others.
WHEN:	Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 - noon to 1 p.m.
WHERE:	Cummings Auditorium Women's College Hospital 76 Grenville St. Toronto, ON

For further information:

Jodi Salem
Women's College Hospital
416-323-6400 ext. 4054
[email protected]