Tyler Colbourne

A Community Director with the non-profit Inspiring Communities, he has 16 years of experience working in the sector. Tyler shares his talents fostering social innovation, tourism, communications & marketing, and the creative arts. He graduated from Dalhousie with a Bachelor of Social Work.

Raised in a Nova Scotia military family, Tyler’s connections to Dartmouth run through two generations and for the last decade he has called Dartmouth East home. His service of others has been recognized having received the Caring Canadian Award in 2015 and the Sovereign Medal for Volunteers in 2016.

Tyler is committed to a just recovery, where leaders and community members work together to allow constituents to thrive in healthy environments with dignity and respect.

"I am tired of the politics of debate and division. Unless we collaborate and innovate together, we will always make the same mistakes of the past. We need more lived experience in the legislature. For too long we have had politicians who have not had to experience the harmful impacts of the policies they create. We can and must do better."

"I know what it is like to struggle to find housing, to get an education, and to find purpose. For the last 10 years I have lived."

Same-day/next-day mental health services, Rebuilding trust in our democracy, Green Jobs Plan and real action on the climate emergency, permanent rent control and real solutions for affordable housing