School Trip

• Toronto teen student would not have drowned if he wore a life jacket, teacher acknowledges at trial

  A Toronto teacher who was in charge of a high school canoe trip four years ago acknowledged today that a student would not have drowned had he been wearing a life jacket to swim.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2021
  
• Boy, 10, dies after being pulled from lake in Quebec City

  An investigation is underway after the death of a 10-year-old boy on Thursday during a school outing to the Base Plein Air Sainte-Foy, a recreation area in Quebec City.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2021
  
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• Kingston parents, students speak out after class trip cancelled with no refund

  A Spring break trip to Italy was cancelled due to COVID-19. Eight months later, parents and students say they have yet to be refunded.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2020
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• Parents fighting for refunds of coronavirus cancelled school trips set to file class-action lawsuit

  A Facebook group has been created for anyone across the country facing the issue. It has already identified 160 schools where trips were cancelled with no refund given. 

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2020
• COVID-19 concerns prompt calls for clearer policies concerning overseas school trips

  At least one parent has come forward saying he's not sending his son on the trip, and he's called for the trip to be cancelled.

  World

  Feb 27, 2020
• Plaque unveiled, school gym named after Toronto student who drowned in Algonquin Park

  Jeremiah Perry was swimming with a group of classmates at Big Trout Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park on the evening of July 4, 2017, when he went underwater and did not resurface.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2018
• Family, community members attend vigil for Toronto teen who died during school trip

  Jeremiah Perry, a 15-year-old student at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute, died of an apparent drowning while on a week-long school excursion earlier in July.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2017
• Classmate of Toronto teen who died in Algonquin Park says he ‘felt hands pulling me down’

  “I was looking around and there was no Jeremiah. Where is Jeremiah?”

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2017
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• Toronto students return home from school trip after death of classmate in Algonquin Park

  School officials confirmed on Wednesday that 15-year-old Jeremiah Perry, a student at C.W. Jeffreys, died of an apparent drowning.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2017
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• Toronto teen dies on school trip in Algonquin Park

  Jeremiah Perry was reported missing Tuesday night while on an outdoor education field trip with six staff members and 32 other students.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2017