in memory ...
On December 6, 1989, Marc Lépine entered L'École Polytechnique, in Montreal, Quebec, separated the men from the women, declared his hatred for feminists and killed 14 women:
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On December 6, in addition to remembering the 14 women who were killed in Montreal, we also mourn the many women who continue to die as a result of male violence.
Learn more about violence against women.
Click on the years below to see a list of women who died as a result of male violence against women in the GTA:
- Larisa Belekova, 51
- Michelle Quemener, 46
- Laura Rios, 45
- Pamela Olara, 32
- Evelyn Alfonso Mendez, 34
- Marion Lyons, 81
- Jamila Hassan, 27
- Consuelo Valencia-Russo, 27
- Amandeep Kaur Dhillion, 22
- Unkonwn, 58
- Heidi Ferguson, 39
- Stefanie Rengel, 14
- Carlyn Connoly, 54
- Haleema Kasana, 21
- Edyta Lewandowski, 32
- Ildiko Szava, 46
- Susan John, 43
- Suramma Varughese, 65
- Karina Neff, 31
- Jane Doe, age unknown (Homicide #22)
- Jane Doe, age unknown (Homicide # 31)
- Jane Doe, age unknown (Homicide # 32)
- Bailey Zaveda, 23
- Susan Ryan, 57
- Tahmina Yeasmin, 23
- Zdenka Praljak, 53
- Elizabeth Tomkins, 44
- Wanda Delong, 66
- Julie Crocker, 33
- Paula Menendez, 34
- Aysun Sesen, 25
- Linda Mariani, 40
- Sarah Grupstein, 84 (murdered by her son)
- Shakira Hogan, 25
- Jane Doe, 22
- Amy Ho, 47
- Unnamed mother of Amy Ho, 78
- Megan Wyled, 8 (murdered by her father)
- Aqsa Parvez, 16 (murdered by her father)
- Rispah Adala, 32
- Aysegul Candir, 47
- Jesse Kling, 81
- Helen Arsoniadis, 30 - her body was found this year, but was murdered in 2005 (brutally murdered by her brother, not her spouse)
- Name Unknown, 78 (has not been released yet)
- Name Unknown, 47 (has not been released yet)
- Yasmin Ashareh, 20
- Seema Badhan, 19
- Rose Boroja, 54
- Colleen Bradley, 59
- Kamlesh Dhingra, 58
- Audrey Gates, 80
- Wendy LaFleche, 41
- Victoria LaFleche, 7
- Jesse LaFleche, 3
- Shao-Sang Liang, 38
- Vivian Yuen-Yee Chau, 3
- Ian Chau, five months
- Dale Cheryl Mapstone, 29
- Malena Morales, 31
- Meherun Nessa, 35
- Natalie Novak, 20
- Rosa Peterman, 57
- Gwendolyn Pilgrim, 35
- Thayalini Subramaniam, 31
- Malini Thayakumar, 36
- Neruuya Thayakumar, 14
- Gnanalakshmi Raman, 29
- Kyla Holburn, 16
- Shaw Diljohn, 52
- Szilvia Veres, 35
- Cheryl Lynn Parker, 42
- Muluka Hassan-Ali, 23
- Champagne Lewis, 25
- Hafiza Chodhury, 41
- Patricia Kirk, 60
- Mary Noseworthy, 78
- Audrey Cote, 21
- Alicia Ross, 25
- Edith Francomano, 62
- Hee Jeung Choi, 33
- Rose McGroarty, 46
- Chui Wah Chan-Lee, 72
- Unidentified, mid-30s
- Zofia Bonder, 45
- Christina Sukhdeo, 19
- Yhonette Ying, 25
- Hemattie Roopdial, 25
- Henny Ann McAlpine, 48
- Janice Cudjoe, 48
- Fernanda Santo Conceicao, 51
- Rosaura Tolentino Ramos, 26
- Aysegul Candir, 47
- Cimmeron Doncaster, 24
- Carmela Bruni, 39
- Victoria David, 52
- Natalie Gayle, 23
- Vera Islamkin, 56
- Alisse Phillips (Brown), early 20s
- Laurel Price, 17
- Marj Smrekar, 42
- Kui Shang, 30
- Judy Um, 32
- Natalie Bobeika, 46
- Angelika Pauls, 51
- *Alexis Currie, 2
- Marisa Pasqualine, 36
- Shirley Snow, 44
- Linda Mariani, 41
- Libuse Vesely, 87
- Patrycja Skibinska, 17
- Laurissa Dookie, 5
- Gail Bonita Blunt, 39
- Ling Wang, 32
- Dragana Radovanovic, 41
- Patricia Loyol, 43
- Marissa Loyol, 13
- Annaluxumy Perrambalam, 73
- Kalaranie Thambu Kesavan, 31
- Beverly Sims, 41
- Marcia Harmon, 42
- Danielle Harmon, 6
- Desvinder "Jessie" Kaur, 26
- Andrea Schneider, 38
- Fatima Hasan, 36
- anonymous, 70s
- Gillian Fleming, 65
- Tara Rutherford, 26
- Divamalar Sangarapillai
- Lubica Maca, 44
- Nuzhat Amiji, 23
- Joyce Mattinson, 68
A t the start of the new millenium, it's tragic that we still live in a society that tolerates violence against women.
In marking the 11th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, we also mourn the deaths of women killed in the Greater Toronto Area in the year 2000.
This list recognises these women and acknowledges that many others in the province die nameless and alone.
- Patricia Bailey, 25
- Dale Bilcox, 39
- Harjaap Jay Bolla, 29
- Dimantina Cordeiro, 82
- Gillian Hadley
- Shirley Liu, 28
- Valerie Lucas, 23
- Eva Papousek, 36
- Hemoutie Raghunauth
- Patriica Dawn Real, 46
- Casey Cheyanne Smith, 40
- Tina Wu, 18, Toronto
- Jennifer Zumach, 21
While marking this sad 10th anniversary, by remembering the women killed in the Montreal Massacre, we also mourn the many other women who have died as a result of male violence. This list represents some of the women killed in 1999 in the Greater Toronto Area. Many women die nameless and ignored.
- Halina Deborah Abraham
- Myriam Agobian, 55
- Nassima Benkartoussa, 37
- Sabrina Benkartoussa, 34
- Marie Czibulka, 57
- Francesca Erba, 56
- Jenny Figueroa, 32
- Nadine Gurczenski, 26
- Margaret Karer, 34
- Lucy Klein, 66
- Eileen Laurie, 51
- Abigail Manu-Acheampong, 32
- Christine Norcia, 22
- Melissa Pajkowski, 21
- Irene Pawlowsky, 45
- Sandra Quigley, 32
- Janet Anita Reynolds, 21
- Ratnam Sivapatham, 63
- Maria Wong, 44
- Kristyna Bartyzel, 40
- Eileen Coffey, 50
- Elizabeth Bodnar, 61
- Isha Cleverdon, 16
- Jennifer Copithorn, 24
- Aimee Cunningham, 33
- Sabrina Devittoris, 26
- Cheri Doucette, 15
- Beverly Gillet, unknown
- Kathleen Hart, 35
- Yathra Jayaweera, 44
- Maria Klymchuk, 36
- Maria Laviola, 57
- Donna Ogilvie, 24
- Anne Pietras, 38
- Jasvir Plaha, 30
- Christine Ricketts, 31
- Jessica Romano, 45
- Lynda Vickery, 38
- Unidentified, mid 30s
- Kerry Anderson, 33
- Nancy Cindric, 44
- Josip Cindric, 17
- Kristina Cindric, 12
- Karrie Dulmage, 33
- Helen Kirec, 36
- Ludvic Kirek, 15
- Christopher Kirek, 14
- Suzy Kirek, 12
- Nancy Kirek, 11
- Myrna Lelina, 39
- Valentina Mechko, 57
- Karen Parsons, 31
- Thi Lam Pham, 28
- Jessica Romano, 45
- Stephanie Tanaskow, 36
- Nabella Ullah, 28
- Ahsan Ullah, 3
- Bibi Hajra Alli, 37
- Stella Burdo, 40
- Christie Christie, 16
- Linda Delellis, 31
- Benita De Sagan, 37
- Pia Heide, 36
- Paula Joy Hill, 31
- Isabelle Holland, 50
- Brenda Ludgate, 25
- Jan Marshall, 40
- Stella McNicol, 40
- Shelley Morgan, 35
- Natalie Katherine Pawluch, 42
- Fran Piccolo, 36
- Jason Piccolo, 9
- Alisha Piccolo, 7
- Juliet Reynolds, 28
- Maria Sanchez, 33
- Irma Seale, 76
- Phyliis Tweed, 81
- Deanna Wilkinson, 31
- Fay Willar, 53
- Marion Woodland, 54
- Unidentified
- Victoria Alty, unknown
- Alayne Bryk, 26
- Marcia Hylton, 38
- Georgina Liu, 22
- Maryanne Matesic, 47
- Janie Marie Maxwell, 33
- Marsha Ottey, 19
- Tami Ottey, 16
- Kamlesh Sodhi, 38
- Grayce Baxter, 28
- Wendy Carnochan, 32
- Teodoza Charemski, 49
- Pam Constable, 22
- Frances Corbett, 58
- Hope Cousins, 28
- Urmilaven Darji, 53
- Dorys Delgadillo, 34
- Melanie Desroches, 13
- Vivian Flaubert, 31
- Sophie Flaubert, 19 months
- Rose Marie Findlay, unknown
- Catherine Jackson, unknown
- Eva Teresa Karol, 35
- Kelly Korzan, 34
- Nada Malijkovich, 41
- Rosemary Malijkovich, 22
- Brenda Murray, 37
- Devita Persaud, 21
- Elizabeth Scott, 70
- Susan Tombolini, 38
- Ruth Mary VanKippen, 39
- Sharon Wolf, 47
- Winnifred Mary Young, 84
- Unnamed, 21
- Unnamed, 30s
