Noah Sarna on the issues, cases and events of interest to British Columbia's educational community
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From campus to court: church and state clash again south of the border
September 3, 2010 - 1:54 am
Tags: discrimination, education law, religion, united states, worship
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Campus activism makes for interesting court decisions. Traditionally, universities have served as battlegrounds for major social issues confronting not only students but the rest of society. Often, these disputes spill out of the classroom and into the courtroom, where student affairs expose fundamental questions about what rules should restrict or direct a nation’s centres of higher [...]
A peek into student records: independent schools
August 25, 2010 - 11:39 pm
Tags: behavioral issues, education law, independent school act, independent school regulation, independent schools, student records
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The comes a point in parenthood when you realize that you care about what other people think of your children. Right after they’re born, you don’t really care. Babies are cute, and people who think otherwise are just plain weird. Besides, they can’t really do any harm – they just smile and wiggle and do [...]
Kwantlen Student Association threatens human rights claim over credit card tuition decision
August 12, 2010 - 1:07 am
Tags: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, discrimination, kwantlen, tuition
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Bradley Head, Director of Academic Affairs for the Kwantlen Student Association, announced (BClocalnews.com) recently that the KSA is considering taking legal action against the Kwantlen Polytechnic University over its recent decision to refuse to accept credit cards for tuition payments. Kwantlen’s decision appears to reflect a position shared with other major universities in the province.
The exception [...]
A peek into student records
July 21, 2010 - 1:37 am
Tags: google, school act, student records, Vancouver School Board
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Anonymity in Western countries is now almost impossible. In the age of the internet, each one of us has some public record or image. We leave streaks of ourselves in any user-generated website, like facebook, myspace, youtube and linkedin. We write letters to the editor, comment on blogs, and the list goes on. As a result, [...]
BCTF sues chair of BC College of Teachers for defamation
July 7, 2010 - 11:45 pm
Tags: BC College of Teachers, BCTF, defamation, discipline, education law, libel, Richard Walker, self-regulation, slander, Tom Ellison
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CBC reported earlier today that the BC Federation of Teachers (BCTF) has commenced a defamation lawsuit against Richard Walker, the current chair of the BC College of Teachers, for comments he made in an opinion piece published in a May edition of the Vancouver Sun. (A link to the court document filed by the BCTF. [...]
Pigs, educational malpractice and other things that don’t fly
June 24, 2010 - 11:57 pm
Tags: education law, educational malpractice, negligence, professional liability, tort
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It is the king of white elephants. Lawyers, doctors, accountants and other professionals spend much of their average day staring it in the face. It impacts how they speak to people, what they ask and when they choose to retreat. They are so used to it hanging around that they treat it like a sibling [...]
