# Karine Vanasse on the real-world impact of the film Polytechnique

An episode of [Q with Tom Power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/256943801), 21 Oct 2026, 21 min.

Audio: https://mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_QPODCAST_P/media/qpodcast/qpodcast-PGKqOJHO-20261020.mp3

Long before she stepped into her role as the intimidating, impeccably dressed host of The Traitors Canada and Les Traîtres, Karine Vanasse co-produced and starred in Polytechnique. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the harrowing film fundamentally changed the national conversation around the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, cementing it as an act of gender-based violence. Karine joins Tom Power to reflect on the fraught making of the film, its lasting real-world impact and why she ignored a teacher’s advice to quit acting.

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