A Richmond high school teacher was handed a suspension after his students discovered nude and sexual photos he had posted on a personal Reddit account, according to the professional regulator. Jimmy Ho entered a consent resolution with the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation last month, in which he admitted to conduct that occurred in September 2023. According to the agreement, two Grade 11 students at Ho’s school found his Reddit account through an internet search, where one of the first results was a clothed picture of the teacher at the school that included a link to his Reddit. “The students viewed Ho’s Reddit profile page which displayed posts and comments Ho had made on various sub-communities of the platform over time. These included nude photographs of Ho, photographs of Ho engaged in sexual acts, and posts of a sexual nature,” the commissioner wrote. The agreement notes that the profile also contained clothed photos of Ho “in connection with school activities,” including one taken at the school. It says news of Ho’s account quickly spread through the school community. “The two students who found Ho’s Reddit account reported feeling shocked and reported what they had found to other teachers at the school, as they felt that the posts were inappropriate,” the agreement reads. Ho has been on leave from the Richmond School District since the posts were found. “By having sexual images of himself available on a public website, where he was identified as being a teacher, Ho failed to maintain the integrity, credibility and reputation of the teaching profession,” the commissioner wrote. The regulator ordered Ho’s certificate of qualification be suspended for two weeks, from Oct. 25 to Nov. 7.
