
March For Our Lives Calgary rally photo gallery

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting seems notably different than the countless other mass shootings in the U.S. since Columbine. The student survivors are determined to keep gun control in the news cycle for more than a week, and hold politicians directly accountable for their complete inaction and cowardice against the gun lobby. On March 24, 2018, this culminated in the largest student protest in American history. Calgarians turned out downtown to support their southern neighbour. Global News estimated a turnout of about 200. Click below to view photo gallery.

Three young anti-gun violence protesters pose in Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary, during a March For Our Lives protest on March 24, 2018. The protest against American gun violence was one of over 800 across North America that day. (Alex Hamilton/SAIT.)

Elizabeth Jameson (left) and Jewel Spangler (right), both American history professors at the University of Calgary chat during a March For Our Lives rally against U.S. gun violence in downtown Calgary, March 24, 2018. Dr. Jameson is holding a U.S. passport. (Full disclosure: I was in many classes with these profs at U of C.) (Alex Hamilton/SAIT.)