Bois-de-Bulonne College has launched an initiative to raise awareness of violence against women following the death of former student Nargess Ben Yedder.

Bois de Boulogne College in Montreal graduated Narjess Ben Yedder last year with a degree in software quality. She moved to Canada from Tunisia a few years ago with her husband Mustafa Meshkin, whom she married in 2021, and they live here.

But his dream was dashed on January 26 when he was stabbed to death. Her husband was charged with second degree murder.

The college remembers him as a hardworking and brilliant student.

“It's a shame we didn't see it coming, we couldn't do anything because there's joy in his face and you always have to move forward, so we can't believe something so bad could happen to him.” Sonia Gunard, Professor at the Bois de Boulogne College.

“I haven't trained him, but I've heard a lot about him. We met sometimes three or four times, the last time I saw him was when he came to get his diploma, he was so happy and very beautiful, his face was shining, I remembered this picture of him, I like to keep this picture. his”.

Ben Yedder got a job shortly after graduation, and Professor Gunnar said the college wasn't surprised because Narges was determined to succeed.

“He got a job at SIGMA-HR, a good, very good job,” Gunnar said. “We were very proud, because not all students get a job when they graduate, so he did very well in his studies.”

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The Collège de Bois-de-Boulon held a minute's silence in memory of Ben Yedder on February 2 and launched a new initiative to raise awareness of violence against women.

“That's what the college did. They make a place for the girls who were killed, like the girls at the Polytechnic, and Narges' name is on that list to remember what happened to her, and people can see that Narges is part of our family,” explained Gunar.

“There is a Bois du Boulogne syndicate, some women who sent us a huge document and told us what happened to Narges. The whole community is very sad and what needs to be done to prevent this from happening in the future, what must be done to prevent this from happening to young students.”