It wasn’t until he was in Grade 8 that Tyler Simmons saw someone standing at the front of the classroom who looked like him.
He didn’t give it a lot of thought at the time, but looking back on it now the native of the historic Black community of North Preston, N.S., said he recognizes the importance representation can make in the lives of students.
“For a long time, being a teacher wasn’t on my mind and it wasn’t until later that I figured out that this is something that is a possibility for me,” the Grade 3/4 teacher at St. Joseph’s-Alexander McKay Elementary
