The Discipline Committee ordered Julian Robert Janes to be reprimanded for engaging in boundary violations with students (Student 1 and Student 2). Janes’ professional misconduct included making several missteps in handling a situation involving Student 1 during a school overnight field trip, and breaching appropriate teacher-student boundaries in his interactions with Student 2.
Janes permitted Student 1 to contact him via his personal cell phone, violating school policy. This occurred after the student became distressed upon being denied a room change during an overnight field trip.
Janes also waited until he returned from the trip to report Student 1’s distress to the administration, instead of reporting the incident on the day it occurred. Additionally, he approached two teachers the next morning in a frustrated and angry manner, wrongly accusing them of physically removing Student 1 from a room the previous evening.
Janes violated appropriate professional boundaries with Student 2 when he picked her up from work after she texted him on a Saturday evening on his personal cell phone. He drove her around alone in his car.
Before taking Student 2 home, Janes spent time talking with Student 2 while parked near Student 2’s residence. Student 2’s parent became concerned when Student 2 had not arrived home on time. The parent tracked Student 2’s cell phone to Janes’ car and knocked on the car window for Student 2 to get out.
As soon as Student 2 exited the car, Janes drove off without saying a word to the parent.
During the time in question, he was employed as a teacher by a private school in Ottawa.
Janes, who was certified to teach in June 2005, attended the hearing on March 31, 2025, and was self-represented.
The Discipline Committee panel found Janes guilty of professional misconduct and directed him to receive a reprimand.
He was also ordered to complete a course regarding professional boundaries.
In its written decision, the Discipline Committee panel stated, “By engaging in boundary violations with students, [Janes] undermined the reputation of the teaching profession and breached the trust which students, parents, and the public place in teachers.”
