A gallery of noteworthy Indigenous women
Browse the designs and purchase a poster of your favourite banknote from NWAC’s Artisanelle store either in person at: 120 Promenade du Portage,
Gatineau, QC, J8X 2K1
Or online through our virtual boutique at artisanelle.ca
Canada has been printing money for over 150 years. In that time, an Indigenous woman has never been featured on a Canadian bank note.
The Native Women's Association of Canada presents Change The Bill, a call to action that aims to promote reconciliation through art by commissioning Indigenous artists to reimagine the $20 bill with the Indigenous women who are their heroes. Placing an Indigenous woman on the bill would go far in recognizing the important but often overlooked contributions they have made to this country. Change is long overdue. To support the movement, sign our petition calling for Indigenous representation on the next Canadian bank note.
Native Women’s Association of Canada
The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is a national Indigenous organization representing political voices of Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse+ (WG2STGD+) People in Canada. NWAC is inclusive of First Nations—on- and off-reserve, status, non-status, and disenfranchised—Inuit, and Métis. An aggregate of Indigenous women’s organizations from across the country, NWAC was founded on a collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster social, economic, cultural, and political well-being of IndigenousWG2STGD+ People in their respective communities and Canadian societies.
Missed seeing Change The Bill at DesignTO?
The exhibition will be touring galleries, schools, workplaces and public spaces. Get in touch if you have a space and would like to host the artwork, or if would like to see the show come to a space near you. Stay tuned for location details!