Nathalie Provost is a Canadian engineer who became known as a gun control advocate after surviving being shot during the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.
On 6 December of that year, Marc Lépine, armed with a rifle, interrupted a lecture, shot the ceiling, and ordered the approximately 50 male students to leave the room.
[4][5] She received four gun shots to her head and leg,[1] and cautioned her fellow injured students to play dead.
The university credited her for her “remarkable achievements, driven by uncommon determination and social values, [and] for the example of audacity that she embodies for the new generation of engineers in Quebec, in Canada and around the world.”[10] She has four children.
[14] In 2009, she advocated to retain the Canadian Firearms Registry, opposing plans that were eventually implemented by the Government of Stephen Harper in 2012.
[16] In 2022, Provost denounced the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights for using the discount code "POLY" for its online sales.