École Polytechnique massacre
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The École Polytechnique massacre was a 1989 antifeminist mass shooting at an engineering school in Montreal, Canada, in which 14 women were murdered and which profoundly impacted Canadian society and gun control laws.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Montreal massacre | 1 |
| École Polytechnique massacre canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
femicide
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ mass shooting ⓘ school shooting ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
École Polytechnique massacre
ⓘ
surface form:
Montreal massacre
|
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wounds ⓘ |
| city | Montreal ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | December 6 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| date | 1989-12-06 ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 20 minutes ⓘ |
| ideologicalContext | opposition to feminism ⓘ |
| impact |
creation of National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada
ⓘ
major public debate on violence against women in Canada ⓘ strengthening of Canadian gun control laws ⓘ |
| involvedSeparationByGender | true ⓘ |
| legalConsequence |
influenced Firearms Act (Canada)
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influenced creation of Canadian long-gun registry ⓘ |
| location |
Canada
ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
Polytechnique Montréal ⓘ
surface form:
École Polytechnique de Montréal
|
| memorialLocation |
Mount Royal Park, Montreal
ⓘ
surface form:
Parc du Mont-Royal, Montreal
Polytechnique Montréal ⓘ
surface form:
École Polytechnique de Montréal
|
| memorialType | national day of remembrance ⓘ |
| motive |
antifeminism
ⓘ
misogyny ⓘ |
| numberOfDeaths | 14 ⓘ |
| numberOfInjured | 14 ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | 28 ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Marc Lépine ⓘ |
| perpetratorDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| perpetratorDiedAtScene | true ⓘ |
| perpetratorGender | male ⓘ |
| primaryTargets | women ⓘ |
| provinceOrState |
Quebec, Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
|
| rememberedAs |
symbol of gender-based violence in Canada
ⓘ
turning point in Canadian gun control policy ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Canadian parliamentary debates on gun control
ⓘ
academic studies on gender-based violence ⓘ documentary films ⓘ |
| victimDemographic |
female engineering students
ⓘ
female staff ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
Ruger Mini-14 rifle
ⓘ
hunting knife ⓘ |
| year | 1989 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Montreal massacre