(Acadia University - image credit)A new education program set to start Acadia University this fall will create more opportunities to increase the number of African Nova Scotian teachers in schools. It will be targeted to African Nova Scotian student-support workers who already work in Nova Scotia schools and want to upgrade their skills to teach. She said it will also address gaps in representation and access within the education sector "that have historically faced African Nova Scotia learners in this province." "We know that we need more teachers in the system broadly and we know that we need teachers who identify as Black, African Nova Scotian, African descent," Parris-Drummond told Information Morning. "We are interested in the knowledge and the experience that these folks have already demonstrated in their work day-to-day in the school system in Nova Scotia as it relates to African Nova Scotian learners, African Nova Scotian communities," she said.
