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VIOLA DESMOND , WHO WAS ARRESTED IN A NOVA SCOTIA THEATRE WAY BACK, FOR SITTING IN A WHITE ONLY SEATING AREA WILL ADORN THE NEW CANADA $10 BILL, THE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOUR TO DO SO AND TO PORTRAY THE IMAGE VERTICALLY!......Canada took its currency in a new direction in more ways than one with the redesigned $10 bill. The purple polymer note is the first to feature a woman of colour, and the first vertically oriented bill issued in this country.The Viola Desmond $10 bill, unveiled on Thursday at a Halifax library by her sister, Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, honours the black Nova Scotian businesswoman for her civil rights activism. The bill also includes images of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and an eagle feather, said to represent reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.The Bank of Canada said the vertical orientation allowed for a more prominent image of Desmond, and distinguishes the new $10 bill from the current roster of polymer notes.