A memorial to remember lives lost to gender-based violence was held in Charlottetown Friday, ahead of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, which is marked annually on Dec. 6.

The day is in honour of the victims of the Polytechnique Massacre. On December 6, 1989, 14 women were fatally shot by a gunman at Montreal's École Polytechnique in an act of misogynistic violence.

A candle lighting ceremony at the Confederation Centre of the Arts commemorated the victims, as well as others who have been impacted by gender-based violence. The memorial was hosted by the P.E.I. Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

Alyssa Coghlin, a trauma therapist at the P.E.I. Rape and Sexual Assault Centre, gave a speech during the memorial. She told CBC News she wants to let

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