This is a good thing to be sure. I know Mexican peso notes also vary in size depending on denomination, not sure if Canada’s notes are the same.

The people printed on german ‘Deutsche Mark’ notes were half men (Carl Friedrich Gauss, Balthasar Neumann, Paul Ehrlich, Brothers Grimm ) half women (Bettina von Arnim, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Clara Schumann and Maria Sibylla Merian) from the 60s onward.

I nominate Anges Macphail. First woman elected as a Member of Parliament and crusader for prison reform and feminism. Also star of one of our amazing Heritage Moments tv commercials.

Agreed but I am also partial to Agnes McPhail.

I was gonna nominate Nellie McClung but TIL she was super into eugenics. So, er, Laura Secord it is!

Well he is from Montreal which is where Cirque du Soleil comes from - maybe you’re onto something!

Get yourself a picture!

Bwahahahahahahahaha. HIS. OWN. KID.

On the other hand

I’m Canadian. I voted for the Liberals. I like Trudeau.

Portrayed them accurately.

So people are angry that a FANTASY writer wrote/made up more FANTASY, semi involving real people and places. Why is this a big deal? Did the voodoo/witches community get angry over American Horror Story: Coven? Christ, the entire global community needs xanax badly.

It is the modern way Social Justice campaigns against racism, by ensuring we all stick to out own kind. You know, separate yet equal. No mixing.

No, it actually IS her world. She created it and incorporated parts of lots of cultures into it. You don't like it? Go write your own billion dollar franchise instead of outrage pooping on someone else's to get publicity

Yeah X-Files had an episode about it too and the Native American community largely responded well to it (though that was in the 90's). She’s got to handle the subject well and with sensitivity, but if we want inclusivity, we have to encourage it.

The idea that authors should not take inspiration from other cultures and beliefs seems so limited to me. For centuries authors have been inspired by cultures that aren’t ‘theirs’. If a brilliant and wildly popular non-Native American author wants to write a fictionalised or semi-fictionalised or ‘inspired by’ story…

Yeah, she had kappas etc. and I didn’t hear anyone complaining. And she’s not the first white person to write about skinwalkers— Supernatural also did it for one. Now, if there’s a *problem* with her portrayal of skinwalkers, that’s another thing. (Note: I could see maybe the thing about “fake medicine men” being…

I formally invite J.K. Rowling to appropriate any way she sees fit the magical folklore of my Galician culture. Since all our tales and fantastic and magic beings are on the verge of extinction, it would be extremely good if someone grafted some bits into a perdurable work of international literature.

I don’t know. Her Harry Potter stories have elements of lore from all over Europe and beyond. Using other lore isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Maybe we’re walking a fine line demanding inclusivity while deriding it at the same time as cultural appropriation. Can Hasbro manufacture dolls of other races if their design…

The Mormons literally did the exact same thing....Ms. Rowling, thankfully, admits her work is fiction.