“member. and college Sgonument, ° ‘rorderto “put thé monument into some sort of historical context. Violence against women epider C, StatsCan reports Jorether Against Violence forum VIOLENCE AGAINST women is epidemic in this country, according to a re- cent Statistics. Canada na- tional survey on the subject. By Kate Zimmerman Contributing. Writer The recently released report ad- ded fuel to the fire for the Women’s Monument Project Committee at Capilano College. “It's the first survey of its kind in the-.world,’? said committee student Janine Carscadden. As part of a meeting sponsored by: the North Shore Together Against: Violence Committee . at Cap: College on Tuesday, ‘Carscadden went over the findings ‘of the StatsCan survey for the crowd of about'40 people. . -. She said the statistical proof of “the pervasiveness of. violence "against: women -underscores the . “need for a monument to those -. who have been killed all over the. world { for thousands of years. ; The project was inspired by the . “murders of 14 women-at Mon- .*treal’s L’ecolé Polytechnique on »: Dec.'6, 1989. ‘The names..of...the --murdered ‘-wemen will be incorporated in the Carscadden - said, in ‘It's not-meant to be an elitist; : white “middle-class project,’’ she oting that’ women of color ; : ase particularly at risk of violence ‘in Canada’. because ‘perceived | as powerless. -Nor -is . the +; project they are “mate- . bashing,’’ Carscadden added. +“The intent of the monument is to shonor the women we have >. tost,’? she said. ‘‘This monument is the. hopes and the dreams of thousands and thousands of pec- ple across the country.” “