Ontario. A Review to Make Recommendations to Identify and Prevent Sexual Assaults in Ontario Schools

• A Review to Make Recommendations to Identify and Prevent Sexual Assaults in Ontario Schools

• Robins Review

• A Review to Identify and Prevent Sexual Misconduct in Ontario Schools

In May 1999, Attorney General Jim Flaherty appointed Sydney Robins, former judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal, to head a Review that examined incidents of sexual and physical assaults which have occurred in Ontario's schools, with specific attention being paid to the Kenneth Deluca case.

Kenneth Deluca was a former teacher in the Sault St. Marie Roman Catholic School Board. From 1972 to 1993, Deluca sexual assaulted numerous female students at the various schools in which he taught. While individuals in positions of authority were aware of these incidents, Deluca went unpunished and was simply moved from school to school. In June 1994, criminal charges were laid against Deluca and in April 1996, he plead guilty to many of these charges.

In response to requests from the Sault St. Marie community to examine how the system failed to protect Deluca's victims, the provincial government established the Robins Review to examine and report on the Deluca case as well as other incidents of abuse in Ontario's schools.

The Review was conducted from 5 May 1999 to 29 February 2000. Over the course of the Review, the history of the Deluca case was examined in detail and information was gathered from School Boards, Police Boards and Children's Aid Societies concerning their policies for handling incidents of abuse as well as their recommendations on how to help prevent abuse from occurring in the future.

In April 2000, the Robins Review released a comprehensive report which set-out 101 recommendations designed to help school boards, the legal system and government agencies protect children from abuse within the school system.

A Review to Make Recommendations to Identify and Prevent Sexual Assaults in Ontario Schools, or the Robins Review, examined and reported upon incidents of sexual assault involving former teacher Kenneth Deluca. In addition to reporting on the Deluca case, the Review also had the mandate to make recommendations regarding protocols, policies and procedures to effectively identify and prevent sexual assaults, harassment and violence in Ontario's schools.

Order-in-Council 1308/99

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Order-in-Council 1308/99

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