A New Face on the Canadian Dollar Bill

Hello all! I just came across this news that my friend posted on Facebook. Black rights activist Viola Desmond is the 1st Canadian woman on the $10 bill. Fun fact: she was known as "Canada's Rosa Parks" 9 years before the incident in Montgomery, Alabama with Parks herself! Instead of the bus, she occupied a seat in the Roseland Theatre (and very close to my name!) in the "whites-only" section.

Find out more about the story here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-banknote-woman-1.3885844