Youth faces charges after allegedly attacking educator in Sanirajak
Young person charged with assault with a weapon, uttering threats: RCMP
A youth in Sanirajak is facing charges of assault with a weapon and uttering threats after allegedly assaulting an educator earlier this month. (File photo)
A youth in Sanirajak has been charged with assault after allegedly attacking an educator with a shovel.
RCMP spokesperson Staff Sgt. Maj. Pauline Melanson confirmed that RCMP officers in Sanirajak are investigating an incident that occurred Nov. 20.
The young person faces charges of assault with a weapon and uttering threats, after allegedly hitting a school educator on the head with a shovel, Nunatsiaq News has learned.
Nunavut Teachers’ Association president Justin Matchett said the union is aware of the situation and has been in contact with the educator to offer support.
“What I can say is that we have noticed an increase in what I would describe as serious violent incidents,” Matchett said.
He said the educator required medical staples to close the wound.
“We are seeing a trend toward open aggression and assault beyond the verbal abuse that teachers still receive,” Matchett said. “It is concerning, to say the least.”
Department of Education spokesperson Krista Amey said the department cannot comment on an ongoing RCMP investigation.
“Our top priority remains the health and safety of students and school employees,” she said.
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This happens in most schools across Nunavut everyday!!!
The schools all need to have security guards, just like health centers
Not just security guards, NU schools need special constables like in urban USa schools
security guards have no power or authority. they cannot even touch you or they could be charged with assult,
Not so, they have the same authorities as any other person under citizen’s arrest. If they observe an indictable offence, or a person fleeing a peace officer, they can detain that person for delivery to a peace officer – exactly the same as any citizen.
They do need to get it right though; they can’t detain and then undetain you. They can’t operate on suspicion. If you are detained and they get it wrong, they are subject to legal sanction – again, no different than any citizen.
It would need to be in-house security because very few private security companies are going to allow their employees to apprehend anyone, for anything. Similarly, I would advise members of the public NOT to attempt apprehending a perceived criminal. Not only are you risking significant injury to yourself you’re opening yourself to significant liability for which you do not have immunity.
Staples? How about head injury symptoms beyond that? That might need to be mentioned… :(…
I am an educator here and will be leaving soon. There is no amount of money I would stay another year for. The problems in the system, community, and government are deep and complex. I could not seriously recommend Nunavut to any teacher.
This is not an airport. You do not have to announce your departure. You can just go.
I wonder how cavalier you will be when most of the professionals are gone?
Probably you should care though, right? About why teachers run for the hills? So that your kids have teachers? No?
Nunavut already has a severe shortage of teachers, and has an 80% drop-out rate. Meanwhile, people complain about skilled & management positions going to southerners.
You want more Inuit running the government? Then you should want to see these problems resolved ASAP.
In your airport allegory is the OP an airplane? As a human traveler at an airport I find I don’t really have to “announce” anything to anyone, although some basic verbal interaction with ticket agents, etc. is customary.
Maybe I’ll try it your way next time I fly, just announce my travel plans to everyone present once I walk into the terminal “Hear ye, hear ye! I am going to Ottawa!”.
Happy Travels you are so ignorant that you don’t even get it, the airport comment shows your ignorance on the subject. When all the teachers have left Nunavut because of the violence from kids that have been taught nothing about respecting their teachers, then maybe you all will understand why Nunavut will be worse off. Until then, just sit back and make your lame comments while people laugh at you.
Hey. If you are the teacher named “fady” please don’t leave. you are the best teacher.
Global warming is getting worse…
It all starts at home, kids are not being taught to respect grownups/teachers, most aren’t taught much if at all, most play in the streets and aren’t even taught to stay off the roads. Parents here let the kids run around all hours of the night, its a shame because most kids here in Nunavut raise themselves.
More like Little kids being raised by slightly bigger kids.
When my wife stopped teaching in Nunavut it removed an enormous source of anxiety from our lives. The experience really soured the profession for her altogether, which is a shame given how hard she worked.
Get the parents involved, that is the whole problem. Out of control kids, parents have to be responsible and be charged.. Who’s responsible for under-age children? Right.
What is under-age child? did you just mean who is responsible for children?
sue me for speaking eskimo style.
Why is it someone else’s responsibility to “get the parents involved”? If the parents don’t care enough to get involved, why should anyone else?
Good. More prosecution of this sort of crime is needed.
I suppose it is the best that can be hoped for within the system we have, but it will amount to very little as the perpetrator is almost certainly under 18.
These kid need to get sent to juvenile detention center or boot camp. Nunavut system is so soft on criminals these kids will end up much worse if they keep getting away with violent and criminal behaviors
And you are equally guilty, if you witnessed an assault and did not report it to the RCMP.
Nothing gets resolved by bitching about it anonymously on social media
Blame the parents! It’s starts from home! No matter how you look at it and talk about it! It always starts from home! Parents of those trouble students don’t care! They only care about their addiction! Not enough social workers, not enough reliable foster home, not enough food in their fridge!