Members of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women will host their annual Charlottetown Memorial Service to mark Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The Memorial Service will take place on Friday, December 6th at a special time – 12:30 to 1:30pm. The event is open to the public; wearing face masks is welcome.
Candles will be lit in remembrance of the fourteen (14) women murdered in the Montreal Massacre of 1989 and each of the ten (10) Island women killed since that year by men who knew them. As well, the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women across Canada will be honoured through Mi’kmaw ceremony and prayer offered by Julie Pellissier-Lush and the Aboriginal Women’s Association of PEI. Many of the candle-lighters will be family members and loved ones related to the PEI women who have been killed by gender-based violence.
Guest speaker Jayelee Grady, Manager of Victim Services PEI, will address “Building Safer Communities: Working Together to End Gender-Based Violence.” There will be musical performance by singer Kelley Mooney, and piano accompaniment during the service by Todd MacLean. The Silent Witness silhouettes created by UPSE in remembrance of Island women lost to violence will be on display, as well as other pieces of commemorative art.
December 6th marks 35 years since the Montreal Massacre at l’École Polytechnique. We mourn the women whose lives have been ended, and rage that thousands continue to be murdered in Canada and around the world each year. We remember and honour women’s lives, and insist on an end to gender-based violence.
The changed start time is to accommodate construction in the Confederation Centre of the Arts. We are grateful for the Confederation Centre’s continued sponsorship and welcome in their space. We are grateful to other sponsors who make this year’s Memorial Service possible: the Premier’s Action Committee on Family Violence Prevention, SRL Solutions, and the City of Charlottetown.
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Charlottetown Memorial Service
~ In-Person
Candle Lighting for Victims of Violence
Friday, December 6, 2024
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Confederation Centre of the Arts (Venue Sponsor)
Charlottetown
Open to the public.
Guest speaker is Jayelee Grady, Manager of PEI Victim Services
The title of Jayelee’s talk is “Building Safer Communities: Working Together to End Gender-Based Violence.”
Musical performance by PEI performer Kelley Mooney
Piano accompaniment during the service by Todd MacLean
Memorial Service for Victims of Violence in Charlottetown – December 6, 2024
- Program: Memorial Service Program (pdf)
- Commentary/Commentaire – “A Future Free from Gender-Based Violence / Œuvrer pour un avenir sans violence fondée sur le genre” by Vice-Chairperson Garima Mishra
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December 6 Vigil – UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
~ In-Person
December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, which marks the day in 1989 when 14 young women at Polytechnique Montreal (12 of whom were engineering students) were murdered in a violent act of misogyny which shook our country. A candle light vigil is being hosted on the UPEI campus in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering building, Friday, December 6 at 10am at the Academic Staircase (main entrance), to honor those who lost their lives in this tragedy. A commemorative display will also be set up near the entrance all day for those who wish to write messages of reflection and hope. Light refreshments and snacks will also be provided following the ceremony.
Summerside Memorial Service
~ In-Person
Candle Lighting for Victims of Violence
Friday, December 6, 2024
12:00 noon
Summerside Presbyterian Church
130 Victoria Road
Summerside
Guest speaker is Kaitlyn Rochefort
Manager of LifeHouse Summerside
For more info contact: 902-436-9856.
