The misconduct was reported in 2020. A consent settlement agreement provides some details about what happened but does not name the teacher, citing a section of the province’s teacher law that allows such documents to be released anonymously “to protect the identity of students who are harmed, abused or exploited’. Neither the gender of the teacher nor the students is specified. The teacher worked in Surrey and hired both students for positions at an unspecified company that required travel, the disciplinary decision states. In Student A’s case, they accompanied their former teacher on three separate trips after being hired shortly after graduating from high school. “The teacher made overnight stays that made Student A uncomfortable as Student A shared cramped quarters with the teacher instead of Student A having his own room,” the agreement states. For student B, the teacher stayed in touch with them for about a year before offering them a job. This student only accompanied his former teacher on a single trip. “During this trip, the teacher entered into a close personal relationship with Student B. Student B quit the job approximately one week after returning from the trip,” according to the agreement. BC’s Commissioner for Educator Regulation said a 15-year suspension was the appropriate consequence given the “pattern of conduct that includes inappropriate relationships with recently graduated former students.”