B.C. teacher that had sexual relationship with grad banned for life

A B.C. teacher who had a sexual relationship with a student shortly after she graduated has been banned from teaching for life.

According to an Aug 5. B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation decision, Victoria-based teacher Brent Richard Garraway had coached the student in soccer from when she was in Grade 10 until she graduated in 2005.

In the spring of 2005, Garraway and the student became "physically intimate" and the student would sometimes stay overnight at Garraway's apartment.

Shortly after the student graduated the two began a sexual relationship.

The decision says the relationship lasted roughly 18 months until they split up in December 2005.

The teaching regulator says Garraway used his privileged position of power to exploit the student and harmed her physical and emotional wellbeing.

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The decision says the events of Garraway's earlier relationship didn't come to light until July 2020 when a complaint was made about the teacher.

A month later Garraway signed an undertaking with the Ministry of Education that he would not teach again.

Two years later his licence was suspended for non-payment of fees.

Garraway signed a consent agreement with the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation admitting to his behaviour and stating he would never apply to teach in the province again.

According to a 2016 CTV news story, Garraway taught physical education at Oak Bay High School outside Victoria.

In the news clip, Garraway's students help him with a very public marriage proposal to his fiance who is also a teaching colleague.

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