Suzanne Laplante Edward: Montreal Memorial

“My name is Suzanne La Plante-Edwards, and I'm new on the feminist picture. At least, I was always a feminist, but I became an activist overnight, when my little daughter was one of the fourteen young girls who were killed just because they were women, and because they wanted to become engineers. And this guy came into University of Montreal, made his way to the second floor, inside a classroom. Can you imagine how safe you can be in the world if you cannot be safe inside a classroom on the second floor of an engineering building in a university?”

"Suzanne La Plante-Edwards has, since the December 6th tragedy, been a key player in obtaining stricter gun control in Canada, by creating awareness in the media and intense lobbying on the political level. For this, she was awarded an Honorary Diploma from Dawson College in Montreal. In 1991 she founded the December 6th Victims Foundation Against Violence. Through her intense efforts, the day of December 6th has now been federally declared ‘National Day of Commemoration and Action on Violence Against Women’."

Since 1996, Suzanne has continued her campaigning for gun control and against gun violence, including writing articles in English and French.