Flags Lowered for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women – December 6, 2025

By Mississippi Mills - Dec 06, 2025

Photo of a single lit candle and the text 'National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women - December 6'

Today, December 6, is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Flags have been lowered at all municipal facilities.

On this day, we wear a white ribbon to honour the victims of the Polytechnique Montréal tragedy on December 6, 1989.

We Remember:

Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz

Today and throughout the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (November 25 – December 10), add your voice to the conversation. Share the ways you are being part of the solution to end gender-based violence.

Learn more: https://lcih.org/16-days-of-activism/