Definition: The École Polytechnique Massacre, otherwise called the Montreal massacre, was a mass shooting in Montreal at a designing school partnered with the Université de Montréal. Fourteen women were killed and ten women and four men were harmed. On December 6, 1989, Marc Lépine entered a mechanical building class at the École Polytechnique armed with a mini 14 semi-automatic rifle. He requested the women and men to inverse sides of the study hall. He isolated nine ladies, educating the men to leave. He expressed that he was "fighting feminism" and started shooting. Nine women were shot, and six women were killed. Lépine proceeded down hallways, through the cafeteria, and another study halls, focusing on women, this lasted for another 20 minutes. He executed a further eight women before turning the weapon to himself and committing suicide. This event is considered to be the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history.
