/R E P E A T -- MEDIA INVITATION - Presentation of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship/

MONTREAL, Nov. 29, 2023 /CNW/ - Maud Cohen, President of Polytechnique Montréal, and Michèle Prévost, Chair of the Order of the White Rose Selection Jury and Full Professor, invite the media to attend the 9th Edition of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship Ceremony, which will take place on December 4, 2023, at 11 a.m., in the Galerie Rolland, on the 6th floor of Polytechnique's main building.

A $50,000 scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding female Canadian engineering student who hopes to pursue graduate studies at the university of her choice, in Canada or elsewhere in the world.

At Polytechnique, white roses have become a symbol of commemoration of the December 6, 1989 anti-feminist attack that claimed the lives of 14 women and injured several others. Established in 2014, the Order of the White Rose is a forward-looking initiative that aims to promote peace and healing in the wake of this tragic event.

KEY INFORMATION

Date: Monday, December 4 Time: 11 am – 11:45 am
Location: Galerie Rolland, 6th floor of Polytechnique's main building

SPEAKERS

• Maud Cohen, President of Polytechnique Montréal
• Professor Michèle Prévost, Chair of the Jury
• Nathalie Provost, survivor of the 1989 shooting, scholarship's godmother, and Executive Director, Analysis and Expertise – South and Central Regions, with the ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs
• Ninth recipient of the Order of the White Rose scholarship
• Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire, scholarship's godmother and Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of Polytechnique Montréal
• Rachel Bendayan, Member of Parliament, Outremont

COMMENTS:

• Media representatives may use the visitor parking in the Lassonde Buildings. Courtesy tickets will be provided at the reception desk. Live broadcast vehicles can park near the commemorative plaque.
• The ceremony will be live-streamed on Polytechnique's social networks: YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.
• Order of the White Rose website
• Information about other commemorative activities related to December 6, 1989 

SOURCE Polytechnique Montréal

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