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Crown makes closing arguments in case of teacher charged in teen s drowning

Published Friday, July 9, 2021 5:15AM EDT Last Updated Friday, July 9, 2021 12:33PM EDT A Toronto teacher accused in the drowning of a student on a school canoe trip fell short of his responsibility to keep the kids in his care safe, even in his approach to planning the excursion, a prosecutor argued Friday as she delivered her closing submissions. Crown Attorney Anna Stanford urged the judge in the case to consider the totality of Nicholas Mills s actions in deciding whether he was criminally negligent in the boy s death, rather than weighing each of the teacher s decisions individually. “The swimming event on that day cannot be considered in isolation,” she said. “Mr. Mills engaged in a course of conduct leading up to and including the trip that undermined the safety of all the students on the trip and ultimately caused Jeremiah Perry s death. Each interconnected act or omission by Mr. Mills put Jeremiah and others in danger.”

Teacher s lawyer insists he had impressive safety standards on trip

Mills, 57, has pleaded not guilty to criminal negligence causing death. His aim was admirable: Take disadvantaged teens on a canoe trip to Algonquin Park to experience nature and adventure. But the teacher at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute has admitted bending the rules because following the letter of the school board guidelines would have meant many of the students wouldn’t have been allowed on the trip. But surely the rules were there for a reason. Court has heard that 15 out of the 33 students on the 2017 canoe trip including Perry had failed a mandatory swimming test, and many underwent the assessment while wearing a life jacket. The Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (OPHEA) requires students to pass the test without a life jacket in order to participate in an overnight canoe trip.

Toronto high school students reflect on unprecedented school year

  TORONTO An unprecedented school year due to COVID-19 is officially in the books for thousands of high school students within the Toronto District school board. Once again, there will be no in-person graduation ceremonies. Instead, students were seen arriving at their schools on Monday wearing their caps and gowns to pick up their diplomas. Some students are relieved it’s an end to a year that saw multiple school closures amid rising COVID-19 cases and variants of concerns. “It’s bittersweet, there’s part of me that is so happy we were able to push through,” said Firdaus Shallo, who is part of graduating class at C. W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute.

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