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From YouTube: MAY 9 2022 Statements Jinny Sims
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
first
sorry
panorama.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
On
saturday
april,
the
30th,
the
building
that
the
surrey
teachers
association
calls
home
officially
became
the
lloyds
edward
building,
lloyd,
edwards
emigrated
from
trinidad
and
tobago
in
the
1950s
and
began
his
teaching
career
in
the
early
60s.
He
was
a
teacher
in
the
surrey
school
district
for
over
30
years,
25
of
those
spent
at
one
school
princess,
margaret
secondary
in
the
early
seventies.
He
noticed
that
students
of
south
asian
descent
were
facing
incidents
of
racism
in
the
school
recognizing
the
growing
issue.
He
acted.
A
He
set
up
a
committee
against
racism
and
began
engaging
students
in
discussions
about
racism.
Five
years
later,
the
first
south
asian
student
president
was
elected
at
princess
margaret
in
1975
at
the
annual
general
meeting
for
the
bctf.
He
raised
the
issue
of
racism
in
our
schools.
The
result
was
the
creation
of
the
federation's
anti-racism
program.
A
Edwards
worked
actively
with
the
program
delivering
workshops
for
teachers
in
every
corner
of
the
province.
His
legacy
continues.
The
surrey
teachers
association
under
president
jacinda
burp
has
initiated
a
racial
equity
assessment
and
the
bctf
is
working
on
a
new
anti-racism
and
anti-oppression
office.
Lloyd
edwards
was
elected
president
of
the
surrey
teachers
association.
A
He
was
a
champion
for
small
class
size
and
in
1974
he
led
over
a
hundred
thousand
teachers
to
the
legislature.
As
a
result,
teacher
locals
across
the
province
negotiated
a
reduction
in
class
size
and
the
hiring
of
close
to
4
000
teachers
at
90
years.
Young
lloyd,
edwards
continues
to
be
an
activist
and
a
leader
in
anti-racism.