B.C. man faces 10 year teaching ban over sexualization of lessons, 'physical encounters' with recent grads
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A Chilliwack man has been banned from teaching high school for at least 10 years over his communication with students—which included discussions related to intimate, personal and sexual matters.
A Chilliwack man has been banned from teaching high school for at least 10 years over his communication with students—which included discussions related to intimate, personal and sexual matters.
The British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation has entered a consent agreement with Erik Rickard Leander Chadsey, who taught secondary school for the Chilliwack School District for 34 years before he retired in 2021.
In a disciplinary notice posted online Tuesday, the commissioner details seven events of concern that happened in Chadsey’s classroom over the course of two years, beginning in 2017.
These events occurred after Chadsey had “physical encounters” with recently graduated female students on three occasions between the summers of 1988 and 1993, according to the commissioner’s report.
More recently, his professional misconduct involved a “question of the day” that he would ask students.
“Two such questions related to first kisses and breaking up with a partner,” the commissioner wrote, adding that students weren’t required to provide answers, but some reported feeling pressured to do so.
Chadsey also did nothing to stop a student who went into detail about personal sexual encounters, the report explains.
