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Happy Pride Month! Image: four happy people at a party. Credit: Zackary Drucker, part of Broadly's Gender Spectrum Collection.

Happy Pride Month!

June 1, 2024

Equity

From all of us here at the Trust, we celebrate with you, and remain committed to inclusion, perspectives, and representation of all our members.

Image of Nathalie Provost, with text: "“Living like I do—working, having an engineering job, having kids and still working—is acting as a feminist because in my day-to-day life I stand for equality between men and women.”  — Nathalie Provost, Engineer, Polytechnique survivor"

Today, we remember

December 6, 2023

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It has been over 30 years since the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montreal (December 6, 1989). As we remember these fourteen lives, we also take a moment to reaffirm our commitment to a society that is free from gender-based violence.

A black silhouette of a dress decorated with small dresses cut out of red felt and embroidered

Red Dress Day

May 5, 2023

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May 5 marks Red Dress Day, a National Day of Awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, transgender, gender-diverse, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S+). We remember and honour those lost and affected by loss, today and always.

Embrace Equity!

Happy International Women's Day!

March 8, 2023

Equity

March 8 is International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity, imagining a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive and where difference is valued and celebrated.