{"id":12975,"date":"2016-11-25T13:08:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T21:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=12975"},"modified":"2016-11-30T12:05:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T20:05:53","slug":"camosun-college-faculty-member-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2016\/11\/25\/camosun-college-faculty-member-under-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun College faculty member under investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Camosun College faculty member has been suspended after a student complaint that is regarding an incident that happened on a trip to the Philippines, according to a Times Colonist <\/em>article.<\/p>\n

Camosun vice president of student experience Joan Yates says there is an objective third party outside of Camosun investigating the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe college did receive a student complaint and we took it seriously,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re underway now with an investigation into that. But because we\u2019re in the middle of an investigation, we\u2019re restrained. And that is really very much to protect everybody in it; both their privacy and the confidentiality of what they want to discuss with the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Lansdowne campus of Camosun College (file photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yates says the outside party, which she could not disclose the name of, investigating the situation is there to ensure a fair and non-biased investigation for all parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an external party that we bring in to do this, and we do that specifically to make sure that there\u2019s absolutely no bias,\u201d she says, \u201cno knowledge of the individuals or the situation. It\u2019s a private group that does this work for other organizations including post-secondary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yates did not comment when asked about the nature of the complaint, or who was suspended.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t comment at all because we\u2019re under investigation,\u201d she says. \u201cThat is the reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

Camosun College had a Philippines Field School in 2016. The Camosun website lists Stephen Bishop as the instructor for the field school; Bishop could not be reached for comment. The link to the Philippines Field School 2016 on Camosun\u2019s website had been removed as of November 25.<\/p>\n

Camosun associate chair of Nursing Joan Humphries would not comment for this story.<\/p>\n

More on this story as it develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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