Image: Supplied by UFV / UFV and the Ann Davis Transition Society will hold a candlelight vigil tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 6) at 5 p.m. at 9046 Young Road in Chilliwack, to remember the 14 young women who were murdered in the gruesome École Polytechnique tragedy in Montreal in 1989.
By Mike Vanden Bosch
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Dec 6, 2022 | 11:29 AM

CHILLIWACK — Their names and memories are etched into the hearts of their family members and into the consciousness of a grieving nation.

To preserve their legacy on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, University of the Fraser Valley and the Ann Davis Transition Society will hold a candlelight vigil tonight at 9046 Young Road at 5 p.m.

Attendees are asked to bring a candlelight to tonight’s vigil as UFV and Ann Davis cherish the memory of these 14 women who were ruthlessly killed. Hot chocolate and cookies will be served afterward.

“UFV is pleased to partner with the Ann Davis Transition Society on this important day of remembrance and action. In order to enact change, we must all consider what we can do in the days, months, and years ahead to play a role in eliminating gender-based violence,” said UFV President and Vice-Chancellor Joanne MacLean.

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“Violence against women and family violence is a crisis across our country, globally, and right here in our own community”, Executive Director Patti MacAhonic of the Ann Davis Transition society. “We are seeing an upsurge of violence against women and femicide. With unaffordable housing, economic pressures and not enough access to childcare, women who are in unsafe situations are being forced to much longer than they should be. Indigenous women already face higher levels of violence and abuse.”

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Earlier in the day, UFV held a vigil at its Abbotsford campus at noon.

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