'It can ruin my career': Teacher told teen to keep sexual relationship a secret, court hears

If you recognize that something can "ruin your career" maybe the smart move is to not fucking do that.

Good advice for the olden days when careers were only ruined for good reason, and this specific case as contains one of those good reasons. But in this modern witch hunt era we're currently living, doing anything can potentially ruin your career. Someone snapped a picture of you enjoying a beer at a party? You're done. I assume everything I do will ruin my career. If this comment weren't anonymous, it no doubt would have already ruined my career as soon as I pressed submit.
- I see your point, probably not the thread to bring it up.
- I agree careers get ruined more often over silly things now, but its not anywhere close to a modern issue. People have been getting some form of "cancelled" for pretty much all of time, sometimes for a good reason and sometimes for a bad reason. If you really live your life in constant terror over the idea, maybe you should become self-sufficient and move off the grid. Thats kinda the only solution to the problem. People are social animals and social animals sometimes make stupid social decisions such as "cancelling" one another and its just kinda unavoidable.
- I’ve never once wondered whether or not the things I’m doing could be misconstrued in a way that would end my career.
  
  What kind of weird shit are you into?

Remember kids, if someone tells you to keep secrets from your parents, you should tell your parents immediately.

So, basically he is being criminally charged despite no longer being her teacher and while age of consent in Canada is 16 (unless older person is in position of power)? Disguisting as it is, why is he being criminally charged? This case has no legs, right?

There are exceptions. Someone who was up until recently a teacher may fall into the category of being in a position of trust or authority towards the minor. Without knowing the legal precedents, it’s hard to know how much of an edge case this is.

From the JusticeThe following factors may be taken into account when determining whether a relationship is exploitative of the young person:

From the* Justice Canada webpage on Age of Consent*

Sexual exploitation A 16 or 17 year old cannot consent to sexual activity if:

their sexual partner is in position of trust or authority towards them, for example their teacher or coach

the young person is dependent on their sexual partner, for example for care or support the relationship between the young person and their sexual partner is exploitative

The following factors may be taken into account when determining whether a relationship is exploitative of the young person:

the young person's age

the age difference between the young person and their partner

how the relationship developed (for example, quickly, secretly, or over the internet)

whether the partner may have controlled or influenced the young person
- To me it's the fact that he abused his position of trust to initiate a private relationship that makes me feel that a crime may have been committed. (Due to compromised consent).
  
  Also there may be an argument to be made that a highschool teacher remains in a position of authority while a former student completes post secondary education. As the former student is likely to perceive that a former teacher has potential influence over scholarships/bursaries or want to use them as a positive reference for a summer internship after their first year or something.
It’s 16 unless the older is in a position of power which is the claim the prosecutor is making. His defence is going to be that he wasn’t, because I don’t think he’s denying it happened.
I'd say no, but the world is going crazy, so probably the guy is going to get the book thrown at him. At the rate things are going they'll raise the age of consent to 30 and make it illegal if the other person earns less money than you.
- World going crazy? Who let the libertarians out. This guy was her teacher months prior and was a teacher to other children. He is a predator.
- Just because you left your teaching job before fucking your 16 year old ex-student, that doesn't magically make you not a sexual predator.

Maybe not have sex with the student.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A teacher at Western Canada High School initiated a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old he'd taught months earlier, a Calgary judge was told Wednesday.

A previous court ruling connected to the case shows Selby's lawyer plans to "demonstrate that the relationship between the parties was not exploitative and that there existed no power imbalance in favour of the accused."

The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) would only say Selby is "unassigned from teaching duties and not actively at work at this time."

Amy says she and Selby continued a sexual relationship on-and-off over the next two years until she began to feel uncomfortable about their dynamic.

That June, Amy was writing final exams ahead of graduation, and testified Selby asked her to come visit him in his classroom, which he also called his office.

Almost immediately, Amy says Selby began lecturing her, saying things like "You cannot tell anyone about this, people could get the wrong idea … I could get in a lot of trouble."

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Not a great one this time. Loses too much

I knew Jay years ago. Have to say that this is.. not surprising.

Whether the position of power/consent is proven or not, he definitely shouldn’t be in a teaching position if he can’t keep his hands off teenagers.

Guy's trying to cultivate that Rasputin look.