Category: Moncton

Viola Desmond has been chosen as the first woman to be on a Canadian banknote, replacing John A. MacDonald, on the $10 bill.

Desmond decided to sit in the whites only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow in 1946 and was arrested. After that she went on to be a civil rights activist.

Professor Isaac Saney, a senior instructor in black studies at Dalhoiusie hopes her story will help teach people the unsanitized version of Canadian history including slavery and institutionalized racism.

Another former member of the Canadian Forces is suing for alleged discrimination…this one based on her sexual orientation.

Halifax lawyer John McKiggan says in the statement of claim that the government identified, harassed and purged lesbians and gays from the Armed Forces. The lawsuit spans 1969 to 1995 and applies to anyone who served in Atlantic Canada.

It names Nova Scotian Alida Satalic as the representative plaintiff in the class action.