Viola Desmond — Andscape

Canada’s Finance Minister Bill Morneau stands with Wanda Robson after her sister Viola Desmond was chosen to be featured on a new $10 bank note during a ceremony at the Museum of History in Gatineau

Viola Desmond, Canada’s Rosa Parks, commemorated on Canadian $10 bill

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says she was a ‘courageous fighter against racism … a fantastic choice’

By Rhiannon Walker

7 years ago Culture