A former B.C. teacher has agreed to a 15-year teaching ban after admitting to an inappropriate intimate and sexual relationship with a former student.
Jonas Alexander Douglas Huston held a professional teaching certificate that was issued on Aug. 4, 2004, and was valid from Sept. 1, 2004.
His certificate was cancelled on Nov. 1, 2025, for non-payment of fees.
At all material times, Huston was employed as a secondary school teacher by an independent school authority in B.C.
According to a consent resolution agreement published by the BC Commissioner for Teacher Regulation, Huston entered into an inappropriate intimate and sexual relationship with a former student.
The commissioner said Huston was aware the former student was "vulnerable."
Huston had maintained close contact with the student after graduation, and the sexual relationship began within five months of the student graduating.
The commissioner received a report about Huston from a certificate holder on Jan. 17, 2025.
At the time of the report and afterwards, Huston was not working as a teacher.
On May 26, 2026, Huston entered into a consent resolution agreement with the commissioner, admitting that his conduct amounted to professional misconduct.
The agreement says his actions were contrary to Standards 1 and 2 of the Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia.
As part of the agreement, Huston agreed not to apply for a certificate of qualification, independent school teaching certificate or any other authorization to teach in the kindergarten to Grade 12 education system for 15 years.
The agreement also says the director will be required not to issue him any such authorization during that period.
In determining that a 15-year ban was appropriate, the commissioner said Huston breached his position of power and trust as a teacher to engage in an intimate and sexual relationship with the student.
The commissioner also said Huston knew the student was vulnerable to his advances because of the personal relationship he had fostered with the student.
The agreement says Huston’s conduct had the effect of abusing or exploiting the student, who suffered harm as a result.
Huston also agreed not to make any oral or written statement contradicting, disputing or calling into question the terms of the consent resolution agreement or the admissions made in it.
