Canadian Preventive Education Law Cases Index

Area of Law

Athletics

• Criminal Sentencing: Longstanding Football Coach Guilty of Sexual Crimes Against Student Athletes
  Focus: Teacher sexual crimes Canada, Coach sexual assault student athletes, Criminal sentencing sexual abuse, Manitoba criminal case teacher, Child sexual exploitation teacher Canada, Sexual assault convictions teacher, Student safety legal case Canada, Sexual predator sentencing Canada, School sexual misconduct case, Respect in Sport Rule of Two, Commit 2 Kids program compliance, Sexual grooming in schools, Lifetime Sexual Offender Registry (SOIRA), Primary Designated DNA offences Canada, Teacher-student boundary violations, School division reporting obligations, Child luring charges Canada, R. v. McKay, 2024 MBPC 82 (The Provincial Court of Manitoba).

Children and Family

• Best Interests of the Child: Vulnerable Student Permitted to Complete School Year in Canada
  Focus: Stay of removal Canada, Student deportation case Canada, Judicial review immigration Canada, Humanitarian and compassionate grounds Canada, Temporary resident permit Canada, Vulnerable student immigration case, Immigration deferral Canada, Child education and immigration Canada, Ramos v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2024 FC 552 (Federal Court of Canada). 

• Meaningful Access to Education: Human Rights Claim Summarily Dismissed
  Focus: Human rights claim education Ontario, support of a full-time educational assistant in a regular classroom, bullying and abuse in the classroom, special education human rights case, meaningful access to education Canada, Human Rights Tribunal Ontario (HRTO) decision, Toronto District School Board special education, Autism spectrum disorder education case, School accommodation legal case, discrimination in education Ontario, Special education rights Canada, Human rights summary dismissal; K.S. v. Toronto District School Board, 2024 HRTO 274 (Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario).

• Reprisal for Child Advocacy: No Service Relationship Between Parent and School Board
  Focus: Human rights claim school parent Ontario, Reprisal claim parent school board, No service relationship HRTO decision, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal education case, Parent advocacy human rights Ontario, Discrimination and reprisal in schools, Toronto Catholic District School Board case, Human Rights Code R.S.O. 1990 c. H.19, HRTO jurisdiction dismissal education, School-parent interactions human rights, Gallagher v. Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2025 HRTO 314 (Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario).

• Impact on School Climate: Tribunal Upholds Student Expulsion from School Board for Possession of Weapons
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• High School Student Guilty of Second-Degree Murder in Killing of Classmate
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• Human Rights: Compensation and Public Interest Remedies for Discrimination at Private School
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• Point of Undue Hardship: School Board Reasonably Accommodates Student with Disabilities
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Human Rights

• Meaningful Access to Education: Human Rights Claim Summarily Dismissed
  Focus: Human rights claim education Ontario, support of a full-time educational assistant in a regular classroom, bullying and abuse in the classroom, special education human rights case, meaningful access to education Canada, Human Rights Tribunal Ontario (HRTO) decision, Toronto District School Board special education, Autism spectrum disorder education case, School accommodation legal case, discrimination in education Ontario, Special education rights Canada, Human rights summary dismissal; K.S. v. Toronto District School Board, 2024 HRTO 274 (Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario).

Labour & Employment

• Termination Arbitration: Teacher to be Reinstated Following Dismissal for Blackface Costume
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Litigation

• Court Approves Settlement for Students Sexually Abused in Nunavut Schools
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• Litigation Prejudice vs. Reputational Damage: Court Permits Amendment to Pleadings in Civil Assault Case 
  Focus: Alberta education law case, Alberta Court of King’s Bench decisions, Amendment to pleadings Alberta, Civil assault and battery case Alberta, School assault allegations Canada, Student assault lawsuit Alberta, Procedural fairness in Alberta courts,  Mcgrath v. Orieux, 2025 ABKB 48 (Alberta Court of King’s Bench).

• Expulsion for Ongoing Behaviour: Tribunal Dismisses Civil Claim Against School - BK v. OCS, 2025 BCCRT 19 (British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal).
  
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