A high school teacher, who was suspended without pay after raising his voice in a pop-up COVID vaccine clinic while objecting to students receiving shots without parental permission, has been formally disciplined by the British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation.
On Jan. 24, a consent resolution agreement was posted online by the provincial regulatory board, stating that Patrick James Nelson—not to be confused with another teacher with the same first and last name but a different middle initial, also in the same school district—signed an agreed statement of facts that said the events amounted to professional misconduct.
Nelson, who could not be reached for comment, works as a teacher for School District 82 Coast Mountains, which covers the area in northwestern B.C. between Prince Rupert and Prince George….