A teaching licence has been permanently revoked for a former Sooke gym teacher who sexually exploited a 15-year-old student.
The teacher even started dating the student after their graduation.
A public notice from the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation details the ban for Ian Alexander Stephen McKenzie after a complaint was filed in August 2022.
B次元官网网址淢cKenzie allowed the teacher-student relationship to become exploitive of the student for his own personal and sexual advantage,B次元官网网址 reads the notice.
In the consent agreement, McKenzie, who taught physical education at a high school in Sooke, admitted that he knew the student was B次元官网网址渧ulnerable and felt unsupported.B次元官网网址
When the student was in Grade 10, the student began confiding in McKenzie about personal issues, the notice said, and this escalated into a more intimate relationship, including text messages and making comments of a B次元官网网址渟exual natureB次元官网网址 as well as B次元官网网址渓ong hugs.B次元官网网址
B次元官网网址淢cKenzie told the student that this relationship had to be kept secret and said that they could B次元官网网址榦fficially dateB次元官网网址 when the student was 18,B次元官网网址 the notice said.
When the student graduated, McKenzie and the student began dating and this relationship became sexual.
McKenzie admitted that these actions constituted professional misconduct.
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