The accused, a high school teacher, organized and led a wilderness canoe trip for students.
During the trip, a 15-year-old student drowned while swimming without a lifejacket.
The Crown alleged that the accused's failure to follow safety guidelines, including allowing non-swimmers on the trip and permitting the student to swim without a lifejacket, constituted criminal negligence causing death.
The court found that while the accused's conduct in failing to reassess the risk at the swim site fell below the standard of care of a reasonably prudent parent, it was not a marked and substantial departure from that standard.
The accused was acquitted.
