Dec 6 Memorial Video - UVic Commemorative Plaque

On Dec. 3, 2010 near the eastern entrance of UVic's Engineering Laboratory Wing, and immediately following the annual National Day of Remembrance, campus community members witnessed the formal unveiling of a special commemorative plaque honouring the memories of the 14 women who were murdered at l'École Polytechnique in Montréal on Dec. 6, 1989.

Lauren Dutton, a second-year master's student in UVic's Faculty of Fine Arts, designed the sensitive image of vines climbing up a brick wall, and the faculty covered the cost of the materials for the plaque. UVic mechanical engineering students Junghyuk Ko and Maxym Rukosuyev, under the direction of assistant professor of mechanical engineering Dr. Martin Byung-Guk Jun, created 3D models of the design and machined the plaque from aluminum. UVic's Faculty of Engineering and Camp 23 of the Corporation of the Seven Wardens shared the costs for the engineering student involvement. (The Iron Ring is a ring worn by Canadian engineers, and the Corporation of the Seven Wardens is the group that oversees this distinguished tradition.)

The lasting legacy of this plaque is also a reflection of the project's partnership between the UVic Faculties of Engineering and Fine Arts and was sponsored by UVic's Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost under the guidance of Grace Wong-Sneddon, Adviser to the Provost on Equity and Diversity.

Visit UVic's community news source (www.uvic.ca/ring) for more details and photos from the unveiling.

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