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Yukon issues formal apology for school’s use of restraint, seclusion on students
Education Minister Scott Kent said the territory accepts full responsibility after a class-action settlement over restraint and seclusion practices affecting former students.
- On Thursday, the Yukon government issued a formal apology to students and families of Jack Hulland Elementary School in Whitehorse for the use of holds, restraints, and seclusion between 2007 and 2022.
- Education Minister Scott Kent stated staff "routinely and repeatedly employed holds, restraints and seclusion" on students "when there was no risk of the student harming themselves or someone else."
- Kent acknowledged the "ongoing harm imposed on the children and their families" through the department's failure to be honest and transparent, creating barriers to healing for affected families.
- The apology fulfills a settlement term from a class-action lawsuit reached last year, while an RCMP investigation concluded three years later with no criminal charges laid.
- Former official Miller Fry, who reported the practices, called for changes to the Criminal Code to ensure "no child can ever be harmed in a classroom by a teacher or educational system again.
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Yukon issues formal apology for school’s use of restraint, seclusion on students
WHITEHORSE, YUKON, CANADA - The Yukon government has issued a formal apology for a Whitehorse elementary school's repeated and routine use of restraints and confinement against students for more than a decade.
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Yukon issues formal apology for school's use of restraint, seclusion on students
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Yukon gov't offers formal apology to Jack Hulland students, families
The Yukon government offered a formal apology on Thursday afternoon to students from Jack Hulland Elementary School and their families, who were affected by the Whitehorse school's use of holds, restraints and seclusion on students.
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Yukon - Government issues public acknowledgement and apology for past harm at Whitehorse's Jack Hulland Elementary School
Minister of Education Scott Kent has issued the following statement as part of a mediated settlement agreement reached in the case of a class action lawsuit. Its language was proposed by Class cou. . .
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