Nathalie Provost

Nathalie Provost (born 1966^[1]) is an engineer who became known as a Canadian gun control advocate since surviving being shot during the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre. She and other survivors founded the PolySeSouvient gun-control advocacy group, for which she served as a spokesperson. She has continued as an activist for gun control and to reduce violence against women. From 2017-2019 Provost served as vice-chair of the Government's Canadian Firearms Registry, but resigned because of belief they were not strong enough. She works as an engineering civil servant for the government of Quebec. With Provost's permission, Canadian author Louise Penny featured her as a character in her 2022 novel A World of Curiosities.