A teaching licence has been permanently revoked for a former Sooke gym teacher who sexually exploited a 15-year-old student.

The teacher even started dating the student after their graduation.

A public notice from the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation details the ban for Ian Alexander Stephen McKenzie after a complaint was filed in August 2022.

鈥淢cKenzie allowed the teacher-student relationship to become exploitive of the student for his own personal and sexual advantage,鈥� reads the notice.

In the consent agreement, McKenzie, who taught physical education at a high school in Sooke, admitted that he knew the student was 鈥渧ulnerable and felt unsupported.鈥�

When the student was in Grade 10, the student began confiding in McKenzie about personal issues, the notice said, and this escalated into a more intimate relationship, including text messages and making comments of a 鈥渟exual nature鈥� as well as 鈥渓ong hugs.鈥�

鈥淢cKenzie told the student that this relationship had to be kept secret and said that they could 鈥榦fficially date鈥� when the student was 18,鈥� the notice said.

When the student graduated, McKenzie and the student began dating and this relationship became sexual.

McKenzie admitted that these actions constituted professional misconduct.

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