Heather Ingram

Heather Ingram is a Canadian woman who, as a 29-year-old Chatelech Secondary School teacher of mathematics, science, and business,[1] attracted national media attention for having a sexual relationship, and a son, with a 17-year-old student, Dustin Dickeson. Canadian law sets the age of sexual consent at 14 but makes it a crime for a person in a position of authority, such as a teacher, to have sexual relations with a charge who is under 18. Ingram was sentenced to 10 months of house arrest for sexual exploitation.[2]

Dickeson claimed that he initiated the relationship,[3] describing his pursuit and seduction of her as an ultimate challenge.[4] Ingram claimed, "He would come to my classroom and lean in the doorway and blow me kisses or whistle at me in the hallway. Or just brush my shoulder as he was walking by"[5] and over time "It intensified."[6] His mother stated to the court, "I welcome Heather into the family as my adult son's choice of partner."[7] Ingram published a memoir, Risking It All: My Student, My Lover, My Story. Dickeson released a CD with gansta rap songs such as Teacher Scandal and RCMP.[3][4] The couple eventually broke up and Dickeson found another girlfriend.[5] According to Ingram, the age difference proved to be too much.[8] Ingram was stripped of her teaching certificate.[9]

References[edit] Jump upJump up^ Steffenhagen (18 April 2000), Teen lover in court to comfort teacher who 'exploited' him, The Vancouver Sun Jump upJump up^ Cavanagh, Sheila. "Eros, Aggression, and Maternal Pedagogies in the Heather Ingram Case". Sexing the Teacher: School Sex Scandals and Queer Pedagogies. ^ Jump up to:Jump up to:a b Driedger, Sharon Doyle (19 May 2003), The Teacher's Lesson, Maclean's (Toronto), p. 56 ^ Jump up to:Jump up to:a b Former student ready to cash in sex scandal, CBC News, 6 May 2003 ^ Jump up to:Jump up to:a b King, Larry (25 August 2004), Interview with Heather Ingram, CNN Jump upJump up^ ABC Oprah Winfrey 0213 - A teacher falls in love with her student Jump upJump up^ Sutherland, Kate (1 April 2003). "From Jailbird to Jailbait". William & Mary journal of women and the law 9: 313–495. Jump upJump up^ "Mistake for Love" Former High School Teacher Regrets Affair With Her One-Time Student, ABC News, 30 September 2004 Jump upJump up^ Sechelt high school teacher Heather Ingram Ingram, was convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor and stripped of her teaching certificate after she admitted to a 1999 affair with a 17-year-old student, Vancouver Sun, 28 March 2012 Categories: School sex abuse scandalsCanadian schoolteachers