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In memoriam

On December 6, 1989, 14 women were shot dead at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec. These women were killed simply because they were women. They did not know the gunman, they were just students at the school. We, at the BC Institute on Family Violence, work every day toward preventing the recurrence of the tragedy of December 6, and also for the many women who are killed by men every year in our country and around the world. Violence is never acceptable, in any form. This dedication goes to all victims of violence and their family members who still suffer.

Murdered December 6, 1989:
Genevieve Bergeron Nathalie Croteau Anne-Marie Edward Barbara Maria Kleuznik Maryse Leclair Sonia Pelletier Annie St-Arneault	Helene Colgan Barbara Daignault Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganiere Anne-Marie Lemay Michele Richard Annie Turcotte

BC Women Killed at the Hands of Their Intimate Partners:

Tammy Grono (Summerland)
Heidi Challand (Black Creek)
Rajwar Gakhal (Vernon)
Lynn Duggan (Campbell River)

Sydney Segal, M.D.
1920-1997

The BC Institute Against Family Violence was privileged to claim Dr. Segal as one of our Board Members. We shared him, however, with UBC (where he was Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and a member of numerous ethics committees), the Society for Children and Youth of BC, the Red Cross Committee on Child Abuse Prevention, Global Child Health News & Review (where he was science editor), the ethics committees of three teaching hospitals (Children's, Grace, and Sunny Hill Hospital for Children), and the scientific councils of the Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths and the SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Alliance of the United States.

When asked about his zeal for new projects and challenges over the years, Dr. Segal spoke of his personal hopes and optimism about people, even when confronted by the contradictions in society. His personal history shaped this philosophy.

Dr. Segal had received the Order of Canada, along with many other honours over many years. In November 1993, Dr. Segal received the Edith McShane Service Award by the (US) SIDS Alliance. In June 1993, Dr. Segal was appointed to the Order of British Columbia. In 1993 he also received the Lion's Clubs' highest honour for "Distinguished Humanitarian Service" and the British Columbia Medical Association's "Silver Medal of Service."

Dr. Sydney Segal's work has contributed significantly to the delivery of medical services for vulnerable individuals, and is a reminder to us of the influence for good we can make in our own life's work.

We will miss his encouragement and gentle and thoughtful presence at the Institute.