A teacher in British Columbia has been reprimanded and ordered to complete a remedial course following interactions with students—including an Indigenous student—and coworkers. The Vancouver Sun reports that the teacher sent an “overtly angry and disrespectful” email to an Indigenous student who came from a challenging home environment and then shared the email with another employee, commenting: “obviously I am at the end of my rope with this family.” The commissioner said that the teacher’s email to the student “did not contribute toward truth, reconciliation and healing.” For this and other incidents, the district reportedly suspended the teacher for one day without pay, while the commissioner reprimanded the teacher and ordered them to complete the “Diversity and Trauma” course at the Justice Institute of British Columbia.
