In Manitoba, teachers’ records aren’t public knowledge.
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection wants that to be changed because between 2016 and September this year, over 20 teachers have been disciplined by Manitoba’s Education Ministry.
Out of those 20 cases, 14 were criminal charges that were sexual in nature.
The other 6 were professional misconduct that the province won’t go into depth on.
10 cases have led to teachers permanently losing their teaching certificates, while teachers had their certificates suspended in the other cases.
Not included in the 20 cases are 3 cases that have led to two teachers being criminally charged and one other facing allegations of professional misconduct since September.
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection wants the province to make teaching records public for transparency adding they say it would be a deterrent.
The centre uses Ontario as an example because disciplinary records get posted online even if it wasn’t criminal in nature.
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society is against public teaching records because they don’t think it would serve the public interest or their members.
