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The laurel leaf, an ancient symbol of justice, appears in the grand entrance hall of the Supreme Court of Canada, the nation’s final court of appeal and ultimate judicial defender of rights in the country. A laurel leaf pattern is found in the bottom right corner on the back of the bank note.
8 gru 2016 · Civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond, a black woman, will be immortalized on Canada’s $10 bill. Called the “Rosa Parks of Canada,” Desmond defied the colour barrier at a New Glasgow, N.S.,...
The Canadian ten-dollar note is one of the most common banknotes of the Canadian dollar. The current $10 note is purple, and the obverse features a portrait of Viola Desmond, a Black Nova Scotian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation at a film theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1946.
19 lis 2018 · In 1946, Viola Desmond’s stand at a segregated Nova Scotia movie theatre made her into a civil-rights icon for black Canadians. On Monday, $10 banknotes commemorating her officially enter...
12 lis 2018 · After much deliberation, the Bank of Canada has finally revealed the new face that will appear on our purple $10 bills. Canadian icon Viola Desmond will be featured on the newly printed $10 note starting next week.
14 lut 2021 · The year was 2018 and Desmond, the Black Nova Scotian who fought racial segregation in her province, had just become the new face of Canada’s $10 bill.
19 lis 2018 · The Bank of Canada today issued the new vertical $10 bank note featuring the portrait of social justice icon Viola Desmond, during a ceremony at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) in Winnipeg.
