Dec 10, 2025 | Purple Ribbon Campaign
Alyssa Coghlin, Therapist at the PEI Rape and Sexual Assault Centre, was the guest speaker at the December 5, 2025 Montreal Massacre Memorial Service. It’s an honour to be here with you all today for this memorial. There is power in the returning and remembrance and...
Dec 10, 2025 | News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon Campaign
The staff and Council members of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women offer our appreciation to the many people who contributed to the 2025 Purple Ribbon Campaign Against Violence Against Women, including the Montreal Massacre Memorial Service, held on December...
Dec 9, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?
The PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women made an intentional commitment to support local women artists by featuring their work on the covers of our annual reports, beginning in 1988 and continuing since. We believe this to be an important part of uplifting...
Dec 4, 2025 | Did You Know?, News and Views, Now Available, Purple Ribbon Campaign
Today, we gather to mourn a tragedy that occurred on December 6, 1989. Near the end of the academic semester, a 25-year-old man entered École Polytechnique de Montréal, explicitly targeting and murdering 14 women—mostly engineering students—and injuring 14 other...
Dec 4, 2025 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, December 4, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Ways: Montreal Massacre Memorial Services for Victims of Violence 2) Tomorrow – Montreal Massacre Memorial Services – Friday, December 5, 2025...
Dec 4, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Did You Know?, Purple Ribbon Campaign
In Montreal on December 6th, 1989, 14 women were murdered in a mass shooting targeting women, at l’École Polytechnique. The 25-year-old perpetrator began his misogynistic violence in an Engineering classroom, and after telling the men to leave he singled out and shot...
Nov 27, 2025 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, November 27, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Ways: A PEI History of the Purple Ribbon Campaign Against Violence Against Women 2) Purple Ribbon Campaign Resources Are Available 3) Montreal...
Nov 27, 2025 | 50th Anniversary 1975-2025, Now Available, Purple Ribbon, Purple Ribbon Campaign
The origins and need for the Purple Ribbon Campaign Against Violence Against Women arise from the horrific act of misogynistic terrorism in Canada known as the Montreal Massacre. In Montreal on December 6th, 1989, 14 women were murdered in a mass shooting targeting...
Nov 20, 2025 | Community Notices
Welcome to our Community Events and Notices E-News for Thursday, November 20, 2025 New listings this week: 1) 50 Ways: ACSW Education Bursaries for Women 2) 2025-2026 Purple Ribbon Campaign 3) Resources for Teachers 4) Purple Ribbon Campaign Resources Are...
Nov 20, 2025 | Community Notices, Did You Know?, Now Available
Chairperson Hsiao-Yu Liu thanked and posed for a photo with candle-lighter Gladys Alombro at the Memorial Service in December. Congratulations to Gladys Alombro. Gladys was chosen as the successful recipient of the PEIACSW Maureen Larkin Memorial Migrant Worker Rights...
