Tributes are underway in Montreal today to commemorate victims of the École Polytechnique shooting on the 33rd anniversary of the tragedy.
Maud Cohen, the president of École Polytechnique, graduated a few years after the massacre. She said young students usually walk into university dreaming about their future and hoping to change the world.
Cohen said it was important to remember these young women that were "full of hope, full of talent, full of potential for society." As the first female president of the university, she said she's also looking to the future, and the next generation.McGill grad student receives Order of the White Rose $30K scholarshipSophia Roy hopes this scholarship will give her more time to continue mentoring young women and participating in voluntary work.
"I want to extend a hand to [future students] to let them know that they can take the place that they deserve at Polytechnique and in the world," she said. "The more women you see an engineering or science, the more young girls get will get inspired ... I want to pick their curiosity and their interest," she said.
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