Teacher Who Disrupted BC School Vaccine Clinic Saying Parental Consent Is Needed Reprimanded for Yelling

Teacher Who Disrupted BC School Vaccine Clinic Saying Parental Consent Is Needed Reprimanded for Yelling
A syringe is prepared with COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Montreal, on March 15, 2021. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
Marnie Cathcart
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A high school teacher, who was suspended without pay after raising his voice in a pop-up COVID vaccine clinic while objecting to students receiving shots without parental permission, has been formally disciplined by the British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation.

On Jan. 24, a consent resolution agreement was posted online by the provincial regulatory board, stating that Patrick James Nelson—not to be confused with another teacher with the same first and last name but a different middle initial, also in the same school district—signed an agreed statement of facts that said the events amounted to professional misconduct.