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A former secondary school teacher at a B.C. independent school has been banned from applying for a teaching certificate for 15 years after engaging in a sexual relationship with a former student.
In a consent agreement posted by the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation, Jonas Alexander Douglas Huston was ruled to have committed professional misconduct in the case.
The agreement states that Huston started an “inappropriate intimate and sexual relationship” with a student within five months of the student’s graduation, and he was aware that they were vulnerable.
At the time he was reported to B.C.’s teaching regulator in January 2025, he wasn’t working as a teacher, according to the agreement.
His teaching certificate was cancelled last November, and he will not be allowed to apply for a new one for 15 years.
The agreement does not list exactly which independent school district Huston was employed at when the relationship began.
“Huston was aware that the student was vulnerable to Huston’s advances because of the personal relationship that Huston had fostered with the student,” the agreement reads.
“Huston’s conduct had the effect of abusing or exploiting the student, who suffered harm as a result of the conduct.”