An administrative investigation at Montreal’s Bedford Elementary uncovered a culture of intimidation where teachers used yelling, humiliation, and sending students to stand in hallways—sometimes for days—as disciplinary youtube.com+2montreal.citynews.ca+2montreal.citynews.ca+2.
The Quebec Education Minister suspended 11 teachers linked to psychological and physical mistreatment, highlighting a systemic reliance on group-based punishment, rather than supporting individual accountability.
Bernard Drainville, the Education Minister mentioned that one of the issues was “Refusing to recognise that autism exists.”
This scandal exposed how collective punishments—like class lockouts or uniform denial of sports—dehumanise children and perpetuate inequities, especially harming students who require tailored support.
