It is the policy of the Ministry of Education to maintain a working and learning environment which provides for fair and equitable treatment, including freedom from sexual harassment, for all its employees and students. It is also the policy that there should be no inappropriate sexual misconduct or behavior at schools, at school related activities or on the way to and from school. Sexual harassment includes any unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other inappropriate verbal, written, electronic, or physical conduct of a sexual nature that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment. A student/employee shall not sexually harass another student/employee or any volunteer, visitor or any other person present in school facilities, at school functions or on the way to and from school. It is prohibited for any student or employee, male or female, to harass another student or employee by making unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors, or engaging in other verbal, written, electronic or physical conduct of a sexual nature. It is also prohibited for any student or employee to engage in sexually explicit behavior at school or school related activity. Examples of activities which could constitute sexual harassment/inappropriate sexual behavior include, but are not limited to:
1. Unwelcome leering, sexual flirtations or propositions.
2. Unwelcome sexual slurs, epithets, threats, verbal abuse, derogatory comments or sexually degrading descriptions.
3. Graphic comments about an individual’s body or overly personal conversation.
4. Offensive sexual drawings, pictures or gestures.
5. Spreading sexual rumors.
6. Inappropriate or suggestive sexual gestures.
7. Offensive touching of an individual’s body or clothes in a sexual way.
8. Displaying sexually explicit behavior.
9. Using the electronic media to send any sexually explicit/offensive communication
Recommended consequences – one or more may apply (for students)
• Student conference
• Parent contact
• Parent conference
• Counselling
• Suspension
• Extended suspension
• Law enforcement
• In-school suspension
• Student behavioral contract
• Employee conference Consequences for other school personnel are contained in the appropriate regulations.
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