Each year, the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Southport holds its annual ‘Violence against Women Vigil’ in Port Elgin (Saugeen Shores) on December 6th, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
This year, 2025, marks the 35th time the event will be held in memory of the 14 young women engineering students who were massacred at École Polytechnique du Montreal by a deranged gunman for the simple reason that they were women.
Every year, the name of each young woman, who was killed by 25-year-old Marc Lepine, is read aloud so that they become a living memory never to be forgotten.
Again, this year, the event that is open to the public will be held indoors at the PLEX in Port Elgin at 12:00 p.m.
