BC Teacher Suspended for Emailing Student, Using Sick Days for Japan Trip 

BC Teacher Suspended for Emailing Student, Using Sick Days for Japan Trip 
An empty classroom at Eric Hamber Secondary School in Vancouver on March 23, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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A B.C. middle school teacher who was fired last spring has had his teaching certificate suspended for two weeks in connection with claims of inappropriate emails with a student and taking sick leave to travel to Japan.
The B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation issued a decision this week stating that Alex Chen admitted to professional misconduct during his time teaching in the Saanich School District and accepted the suspension as part of a consent resolution agreement with the commission.