Day of Remembrance at UNBC Tomorrow

Thursday, December 02, 2010 03:57 AM

Prince George, B.C.- There will be a special remembrance service tomorrow at noon at the University of Northern British Columbia.

While December 6^th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada which marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal, UNBC will hold its own service on Friday December 3rd at noon.

The service will be held in the UNBC Wintergarden.

The Day of Remembrance is a time for men and women alike to remember and reflect on the lives of the fourteen women. Sarah Boyd, the coordinator of the Northern Women’s Centre and Lauren Movold, the Northern Undergraduate Student Society Women’s representative, will be hosting this event. Nine speakers and performers will be featured, including the UNBC Acapella club, UNBC professor and poet Rob Budde and Dr. Marilyn Iwama.

“It will be a powerful and rewarding experience,” says Lauren Movold. “I hope everyone can join us in remembering and celebrating the lives of these women. I believe that in order to prevent future hate crimes directed toward women, we must support women in education.”

“Through the process of remembrance, we will become educated and informed about the prevention of violence against women, and what we can do to support women in education,” adds Movold.

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Posted on Thursday, December 02, 2010 03:57 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Harbinger on December 2 2010 12:31 PM

How about a "day of remembrance" at city hall for the days when municipal taxes were reasonable? I think I remember. Let us set a date and let hizzoner Dan know how we feel. And not wait til the next election when most people will forget and vote most of the doofuses back in.

Posted by: BCBud on December 2 2010 3:14 PM

Harbinger: Where that is a very serious issue, it has no place on this story, stfu till a story comes out where this relates.. I am shutting up about Hemp for this subject. Get a life Har...

Violence sucks big time when opposite genders clash. That was a very serious thing that happened to all those women (half of our species are women) that went far beyond any violence we ever saw in real life beyond our own realities for both genders.

I am sure your mothers were women as were your sisters, aunts, a percentage of all your relatives and perhaps even your decedents.This is true for all of our shared species born via the traditional way on this planet.

We saw this violence unfold but it was the other side of a computer screen or TV set and word of mouth from connections from our extended micro community. We saw it in our personal lives, not quite as extreme. It did affect us and we made changes in both genders.

These 14 victims were just starting their lives, perhaps gaining a future to secure the planet for the the next generation of our species. Violence of this nature must be checked and stopped way b4 this happens again, perhaps at the level we see in our worlds.

Doing this in a peaceful remembrance of the event's victims, 14 female students (28 total) hosted by people who knew them is way cool for all affected by this. Please give a thought for all victimized people who are surviving violence right now all over the nation, in your immediate community as well as mine. Stop it if you have influence. Be well all!

Posted by: Harbinger on December 2 2010 6:17 PM

"Stop it if you have influence". Wouldn't that be the parents in the beginning? Either absent parents or parents who just don't care how their kids grow up? Children learn most by example. Is that what you mean by influence? Oh, yeah. Don't ferget that old saying "Don't tell me how to raise my kids. Mind yer own business".

Posted by: Harbinger on December 2 2010 6:20 PM

BCBud...It is descendant. Not decadent. Some chocolate is decadent as are some desserts. Look up the word decadent.