Jan Wong controversy refers to a claim made by Jan Wong on September 16 , 2006 , three days after the shooting at Dawson College in Montreal . Canada 's nationally distributed newspaper of record , '' The Globe and Mail '' , published a front-page article titled , " Get under the desk , " by Jan Wong . In the article , Ms. Wong controversially linked all three Quebec school shootings of the last two decades — 1989 École Polytechnique Massacre ( 15 deaths ) , 1992 Concordia University Massacre ( 4 deaths ) , and 2006 Dawson College Shooting ( 2 deaths ) — to the purported alienation brought about by " the decades-long linguistic struggle " within the province . Public outcry and political condemnation soon followed in many venues . In response , a '' Globe and Mail '' editorial attempted to minimize the controversy as a " small uproar " over journalistic freedom , but this caused further condemnation . Jan Wong maintained her perspective and wrote extensively about the whole experience in her book '' Out of the Blue , A Memoir of Workplace Depression , Recovery , Redemption and , Yes , Happiness ''
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