Viviane Yargeau, Dean of Engineering, reflects on the anniversary of the Polytechnique tragedy

6 Dec 2023

When Viviane Yargeau was named the first female Dean of the Faculty of Engineering this summer, the significance of the appointment was not lost on her....

Providing opportunities for women engineers

8 Dec 2021

On December 6, 1989, Ian Van Cortlandt McLachlin, BEng’60, was relocating from Toronto to his native Montreal. Later that evening he heard the news about the massacre at École Polytechnique, which...

Remembering the victims of École Polytechnique

3 Dec 2020

On December 6th, 1989, 14 women were murdered at École Polytechnique in Montreal. These women, most of whom were engineering students, lost their lives in a violent act of misogyny....

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