—to ensure he did not reach out to his victim ever again. The principal reached out again to his victim. He met with her while she was at university. Half a year later, she killed herself at the age of 19.
These are my final statements: Research conducted by former federal deputy minister Anne-Marie Robinson and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection documents that student sexual abuse in Canadian schools is on the rise. School administrators are ill equipped and suffer, like sport organizations, from conflict of interest. Too often, they neglect to keep children safe.
A new, fully independent body that receives and acts on abuse reports needs to be established to eliminate the conflict of interest and/or political interference that results in a wanton or reckless disregard for the safety of the—