Local Groups Hosting Film Screening In Honor Of National Day Of Remembrance And Action On Violence Against Women

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is Wednesday, December 6th.

Local groups will be marking the occasion with a film screening this weekend and a vigil on the day.

Three local groups are co-presenting the documentary “Marker of Change: The Story of the Women’s Monument” on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., at the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Moira Simpson, the film’s producers, and members of the Women’s Monument Committee.

Everyone is welcome and admission is free, with donations to the Comox Valley Transition Society gratefully accepted.

The film tells the story of the seven-year struggle to create “something loving, something permanent” to honour the 14 young women at Montréal’s École Polytechnique who were systematically murdered on December 6th, 1989, in what became known as the Montréal Massacre.

The Women’s Monument is a circle of fourteen Laurentian pink granite benches. It was unveiled in downtown Vancouver eight years after the massacre.

The film is presented by the World Community Film Festival, the Comox Valley Transition Society, the Comox Valley Art Gallery, and the Women's Monument Committee.

On December 6th, the Transition Society will host a vigil on the plaza of the Comox Valley Art Gallery from noon to 1 p.m. to mark the anniversary and remember all women who have been killed by male violence.

For more information, and to see the film's trailer, visit World Community Film Series.