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

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Polytechnique Montréal

Dec 05, 2022, 07:05 ET

MONTREAL, Nov. 29, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - 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 8th Edition of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship Ceremony, which will take place on December 5, 2022, at 11 a.m., in the Rolland Gallery, on the 6th floor of Polytechnique's main building.

The speakers in attendance will include Pascale Déry, Minister of Higher Education and Member of Parliament for Repentigny, Maud Cohen, Michèle Prévost, and Nathalie Provost, who was injured during the events of December 6, 1989 and is the godmother of the scholarship.

A $30,000 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 5

 




Time:       

10:45 am - Welcome





11:00 am - Ceremony begins





11:45 am - Ceremony ends

 




Location:

Rolland Gallery, 6th floor of Polytechnique's main building
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.
  • Information about other commemorative activities related to December 6, 1989:
  • Order of the White Rose website: https://www.polymtl.ca/ordreroseblanche

SOURCE Polytechnique Montréal

Information and interview coordination: Annie Touchette, External Communications Manager, [email protected], C: 514-231-8133

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Founded in 1873, Polytechnique Montréal is one of Canada's largest engineering education and research institutions. No less than 12 engineering specialties are taught at the university, where close to a quarter of Quebec's engineering research is conducted. An international...