Authenticity, connection and representation: What Matthew R. Morris brings to his classroom

Matthew R. Morris grew up in Scarborough both a good student and an athletic talent, yet it was always the latter that his teachers encouraged. Now a teacher himself, he's challenging stereotypes of Black male identity and, by bringing his whole self to the classroom, setting an example for his students.

Authenticity, connection and representation: What Matthew R. Morris brings to his classroom
A male teacher looks and laughs at someone off-camera to the right, while leaning back against wooden cupboards in his classroom.

Matthew R. Morris grew up in Scarborough both a good student and an athletic talent, yet it was always the latter that his teachers encouraged. Now a teacher himself, he's challenging stereotypes of Black male identity and, by bringing his whole self to the classroom, setting an example for his students.