Episode 050: The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre
Episode 050: The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre

Episode 050: The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre

March 12, 2025 1:01am
1:27:00
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On Dec 6, 1989, Marc Lepine carried out a targeted attack on women at the Ecole Polytechnique engineering school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The rampage resulted in 14 women losing their lives and 14 other people being wounded, while countless others were forever traumatized. This was the largest mass shooting in Canada until 2020. Sources:  Humphreys, Adrian, “Montreal massacre: 19 minutes at École Polytechnique”, National Post, Nov 28, 2024, https://nationalpost.com/feature/montreal-massacre-ecole-polytechnique, accessed Mar 3, 2025.  “Montreal Massacre victims”, CBC News, Dec 6, 2009, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-massacre-victims-1.797455, accessed Mar 3, 2025  Enright, Michael, “This is how one survivor described the Montreal Massacre the day after the shooting”, As It Happens CBC Radio, Dec 6, 2017, https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.4435607/this-is-how-one-survivor-described-the-montreal-massacre-the-day-after-the-shooting-1.4435613, accessed Mar 5, 2025.   Dalton, Melinda, “Remember the 14”, CBC News, https://www.cbc.ca/montreal/features/remember-14/, accessed March 5, 2025.  “Marc Lepine”, Wikipedia,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_L%C3%A9pine, accessed March 8, 2025.  The Canadian Encyclopedia, “Gun Control in Canada”, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Feb 7, 2006, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gun-control, accessed March 8, 2025.  Lanthier, Stéphanie, “École Polytechnique Tragedy (Montreal Massacre)”, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Jan 5, 2012, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/polytechnique-tragedy, accessed Mar 9, 2025. 

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Duration:1:27:00
Published:March 12, 2025 1:01am
File Size:80.5 MB
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On Dec 6, 1989, Marc Lepine carried out a targeted attack on women at the Ecole Polytechnique engineering school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The rampage resulted in 14 women losing their lives and 14 other people being wounded, while countless others were forever traumatized. This was the largest mass shooting in Canada until 2020. Sources:  Humphreys, Adrian, “Montreal massacre: 19 minutes at École Polytechnique”, National Post, Nov 28, 2024, https://nationalpost.com/feature/montreal-massacre-...

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