Canadian Civil Rights

• Canada’s redesigned $10 bill recognized as best international banknote of the year

  The $10 bill, which prominently features Viola Desmond — a Nova Scotia civil rights pioneer and businesswoman — went into circulation in November.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2019
  
• ‘She was brave’: Calgary student wins award for tribute to Canadian civil rights leader

  Fatima Mir Baloch was recognized for her essay on Viola Desmond, whose life changed forever when she went to see a movie in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia in 1946.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2018
  
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• Collection chronicling four decades of African Nova Scotian civil rights launched

  Lynn Jones' collection documenting more than 50 years of civil rights and social justice struggles in Nova Scotia and beyond has been officially unveiled to the public.

  Canada

  Apr 13, 2017