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CA BI MG 21.14-A-1 · File · [1949]-2017, predominantly 2010
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

File consists of materials related to Viola Desmond's arrest, including copies of letters from Desmond to the Ministry of Justice, and the posthumous apology and pardon she received in 2010 from the Province of Nova Scotia.

Honors
CA BI MG 21.14-A-3 · File · 2015-2016
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

File consists of news items reporting on honours dedicated to Viola Desmond, such as an outdoor theatre and a Halifax, Nova Scotia ferry being named after her.

Honorary Graduation Ceremony
CA BI MG 21.14-B-25 · Item · 2012
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, wearing a graduation cap and gown, with one of her grandchildren at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.

Honorary Graduation Ceremony
CA BI MG 21.14-B-28 · Item · 2012
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a photograph of a group of people seated around a dinner table toasting Wanda Robson, seated in the centre, while celebrating the honorary Doctor of Letters degree she received from Cape Breton University.

Honorary Graduation Ceremony
CA BI MG 21.14-B-33 · Item · 2012
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, centre, on stage with Dr. Graham Reynolds, second from right, and three other men at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where Robson received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.

Honorary Graduation Ceremony
CA BI MG 21.14-B-36 · Item · 2012
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, wearing a graduation cap and gown, surrounded by five of her grandchildren at the Cape Breton University graduation ceremony where she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.

Honorary Graduation Ceremony
CA BI MG 21.14-B-26 · Item · 2012
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a photo of Wanda Robson, wearing a graduation cap and gown, on the day she received her honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University. Two unidentified people are standing in the foreground facing Robson.

Honorary Graduation Ceremony
CA BI MG 21.14-B-29 · Item · 2012
Part of Wanda Robson & Viola Desmond Collection

Item is a photograph of Wanda Robson, with her back to the camera wearing a graduation cap and gown, standing with Dr. Graham Reynolds and an unidentified woman on the day she received her honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Cape Breton University.