National Day of Remembrance / en Թϱ engineering students construct monument to mark National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women /news/u-t-engineering-students-construct-monument-mark-national-day-remembrance-and-action-violence <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Թϱ engineering students construct monument to mark National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-12-06-engineering-installation.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=jJ1qHQbz 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2016-12-06-engineering-installation.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=nyrPyEs1 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2016-12-06-engineering-installation.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=yHf7WqUx 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2016-12-06-engineering-installation.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=jJ1qHQbz" alt="Photo of installation"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ullahnor</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-12-06T13:24:01-05:00" title="Tuesday, December 6, 2016 - 13:24" class="datetime">Tue, 12/06/2016 - 13:24</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Engineering undergraduate students built a monument to mark the Dec. 6 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (photo courtesy of the Engineering Society)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/marit-mitchell" hreflang="en">Marit Mitchell</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Marit Mitchell</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-applied-science-engineering" hreflang="en">Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/national-day-remembrance" hreflang="en">National Day of Remembrance</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">Tribute remembers the victims of the killings at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal on Dec. 6, 1989, in which 14 female engineering students were killed</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Engineering undergraduate students marked the <a href="http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/commemoration/vaw-vff/remembrance-commemoration-en.html">National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women</a> by designing and constructing an original monument on King's College Road, next to the Sandford Fleming Building.</p> <p>The monument is a tribute to the victims of the killings at&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre">l'École Polytechnique de Montréal </a>on Dec.&nbsp;6, 1989, in which 14 female engineering students studying at the university were shot and killed because they were female. Thirteen others were wounded.</p> <p>The Թϱ Engineering students' monument features 14 silhouettes arranged in a semi-circle –&nbsp;each bears white lights in the shape of a memorial ribbon that observers can light by pressing a button on one of three informational plaques.</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2809 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" height="500" src="/sites/default/files/engineering-installation-embed.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="750" loading="lazy"><br> <em>Students read and interact with the installation on Tuesday (photo by Kevin Soobrian)</em></p> <p>“I made a very conscious decision when choosing to pursue a career in engineering. I didn't only take my own interests and passions of math and science into consideration, but also what it would mean for other young women to see someone like myself in an engineering program,”&nbsp;said<strong>&nbsp;Danja Papajani</strong>, a second-year electrical engineering student. “I'm not afraid to stand up for myself&nbsp;or to call myself a feminist, and I will try, as much as I can, to uplift the voices who are still uncomfortable doing so themselves. I recognize that I've been privileged with a fantastic education, a loving and supporting family&nbsp;and a very accepting school community.</p> <p>“This day reminds me that it is no longer just about myself.”</p> <p><strong>Joshua Calafato</strong> is a third-year engineering science student. He said the day holds many important reminders.&nbsp;</p> <p>“First, it is an awful reminder of how deep prejudice can run, and second, it is a hopeful contrast to our present day progress,”&nbsp;said Calafato, who is also a co-chair of the Engineering Society's Blue &amp; Gold Committee. “Though we still have much distance to cover, it seems that the stigmas against women in science and engineering are being lifted: the percentage of female engineering students entering our community is growing every year, and it seems that society is finally accepting that the fallacy of mathematical fields being ‘for men’&nbsp;is just that –&nbsp;a fallacy.”</p> <h3><a href="/news/national-day-remembrance-action-commemorated-u-t">Read more about Թϱ commemorating National Day of Remembrance &amp; Action</a></h3> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2811 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" height="500" src="/sites/default/files/2016-12-06-installation2_1.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="750" loading="lazy"><br> <em>The installation reminded students about the tragedy and the broader issue of violence against women (photo by Kevin Soobrian)</em></p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:24:01 +0000 ullahnor 102712 at