MONTRÉAL, Nov. 28, 2024 /CNW/ - Maud Cohen, President, Polytechnique Montréal, and Michèle Prévost, Chair of the Selection Jury for this year's Order of the White Rose and full professor, invite members of the media to attend the Order's 10th annual award ceremony on Monday, December 2, 2024, at 11 a.m. in the Galerie Rolland, on the 6th floor of the Polytechnique main building.
Other speakers at the ceremony will be the co-"godmothers" of the Order, Nathalie Provost, a survivor of the mass femicide of December 6, 1989, and Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire, the first woman recipient of a degree in civil engineering from Polytechnique. At the event, Polytechnique Montréal will present a $50,000 scholarship to a Canadian female engineering student wishing to pursue graduate studies.
Over the years, the white rose has become a symbol for Polytechnique Montréal's commemoration of the antifeminist attack of December 6, 1989, which took the lives of 14 women and injured many other people. Created in 2014, the Order of the White Rose is a resolutely forward-looking initiative that was sparked by a desire to follow a path of peace and healing in the wake of the tragedy, which took place 35 years ago.
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Monday, December 2 |
Time: |
10:45 a.m. – Welcome |
11 a.m. – Ceremony begins |
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11:45 a.m. – Ceremony ends |
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Place: |
Galerie Rolland, 6th floor, Main Building, Polytechnique |
SPEAKERS:
- Maud Cohen, President, Polytechnique Montréal
- Michèle Prévost, Chair, Selection Jury, Order of the White Rose
- Nathalie Provost, survivor of the 1989 mass shooting, godmother of the Order and General Manager, Analysis and Expertise, Centre and Sud du Québec, Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs
- This year's recipient of the Order of the White Rose
- Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire, godmother of the Order and Honorary Chair of the Polytechnique Montréal Board of Directors
NOTES:
- Free indoor parking will be available in Lassonde Buildings garage; vouchers will be distributed at the reception desk. Mobile transmission trucks may be parked near the commemorative plaque.
- The ceremony will be streamed live via Polytechnique's social media platforms: YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.
- Website of the Order of the White Rose
- Information on other activities in commemoration of the events of December 6, 1989
SOURCE Polytechnique Montréal
Information and interview requests: Christian Merciari, Media Relations, [email protected], C: 514 742-8586
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