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3An Ottawa teacher has been charged with sexual assault after allegedly fostering a “sexual relationship” with a male student at her school, say police.
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board said the teacher worked full time at an elementary school and the alleged victim was a senior elementary student.
Kyla Cowan-Wilson, 32, was arrested Tuesday on charges of sexual assault, sexual interference — which pertains to children under 16 — and invitation to sexual touching.
Ottawa police received a single complaint in early 2016, said Const. Chuck Benoit. The relationship allegedly unfolded during the 2013-14 school year, police said.
“The investigation revealed the relationship began when the accused was working as a teacher while employed by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board,” police said in a news release.
“There was one victim, but the investigators are concerned that there’s possible other victims,” Benoit told the Star.
The teacher was immediately “removed from the classroom and did not return” following the complaint this year, said school board spokesperson Sharlene Hunter.
The teacher is no longer employed by the board.
Cowan-Wilson sat down with police Tuesday and was subsequently arrested at the station, appearing in a downtown provincial courthouse by video from the basement cells in the afternoon.
Cowan-Wilson was released after she and her partner, Matthew Wilson, posted a $5,000 bond Tuesday afternoon.
Bail conditions prevent her from communicating with four individuals or visiting public pools, parks, playgrounds, schoolyards or community centres.
She is not to be in the company of boys under 16 unless in the presence of her husband or the children’s parents.
Cowan-Wilson is due back in court on July 25.
The Star attempted to contact Cowan-Wilson by phone but she could not be reached for comment.
Situations involving criminal allegations can result in an investigation and possible disciplinary hearing by the Ontario College of Teachers after a court decision is rendered, said a college spokesperson.
Ottawa police said Cowan-Wilson taught at the same school the alleged victim attended. The board said the school is for students from kindergarten to Grade 8, ages 4 to 14.
Neither police nor the board would identify the school or the exact age of the student.
“It’s a matter in front of the court and we cannot put an age to the victim due to identification,” said Benoit.
“We are not providing any information that could possibly identify the student,” Hunter said.
The National Post reported that Cowan-Wilson had been teaching science at Sir Winston Churchill Public School in Nepean in 2012.

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