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School Boards Can Transfer a Student for Safety Reasons
Recently, in K.W. v Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2018 ONSC 2794, the Divisional Court confirmed that school boards have the authority to impose an administrative transfer on a student to preserve the safety and well-being of other students. By...
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Student Safety During Excursions
In July 2017, a 15-year-old boy named Jeremiah Perry drowned in Algonquin Park while on a canoe trip with his high school. Shortly after the incident, the Toronto District School Board acknowledged that Jeremiah had failed his swim test. Fourteen...
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Labour and Privacy Update
Teacher’s work refusal due to violence of five-year-old student upheld by Labour Board In Toronto Elementary Catholic Teachers / Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association v. Toronto Catholic District School Board, 2017 CanLII 37597 (ON LRB), the Ontario Labour Relations Board...
Des avocates spécialisées en droit de l’éducation, coauteures d’une publication sur des enjeux propres à Internet et aux médias sociaux
An Educator’s Guide to Internet and Social Media Law in the Classroom
Nadya Tymochenko et Gillian Tuck Kutarna, associées au sein de notre groupe Droit de l’éducation, sont les coauteures de An Educator’s Guide to Internet and Social Media Law in the Classroom, un nouvel ouvrage de référence qui a pour principaux objectifs d’aborder...
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New Cannabis Act
On January 18, 2018 the Education Law Group broadcast a Morning Recess webinar on the issue of cannabis in schools. A copy of the podcast can be requested at [email protected]. The Cannabis Act, 2017 was passed on December 12, 2017...
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Court of Appeal Upholds Finding that School Board Did Not Infringe Parent’s Freedom of Religion When Denying Accommodation Request
Late last year, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s finding that a decision by the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (the “Board”) to deny a parent’s accommodation request to shelter his children from “false teachings” was reasonable. An...
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The Impact of New Trade Agreements on Public Procurement
All designated broader public sector organizations, as provided for under section 12 of the Broader Public Sector Accountability Act, 2010 (“BPSAA”), including school boards, colleges, and universities (collectively “Education Sector”), are subject to the procurement rules set out in the...
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Service Dogs Not an Automatic Right in Schools
In a recent decision, J.F. v. Waterloo Catholic District School Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Tribunal) denied an application of discrimination based on a decision by the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (Board) denying the applicant’s request to...
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Education Law Industry Group Update
Another school year is upon us, and Miller Thomson LLP’s Education Law Industry Group is pleased to announce Morning Recess, Principals’ 201. For the 2017-2018 school year we are continuing our series of complimentary 45 minute webinars covering a variety...
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Bill 92, School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017
On March 27, 2017, Bill 92, School Boards Collective Bargaining Amendment Act, 2017, received Royal Assent. The legislation makes a variety of amendments to the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014 (the “Act”); however, several challenges may still remain to...
