She has attributed her change in worldview to two catalysts . One was when she was 17 and preparing for the University of Toronto , her mother had a stroke and became severely disabled . Naomi , her father , and her brother took care of Bonnie through the period in hospital and at home , making educational sacrifices to do so . That year off prevented her " from being such a brat " . The next year , after beginning her studies at the University of Toronto , the second catalyst occurred : the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre of female engineering students , which proved to be a wake-up call to feminism
École Polytechnique massacre
École Polytechnique massacre
Naomi Klein