Ottawa teacher reprimanded after putting a plastic bag over student's head

An award-winning Ottawa science teacher has been reprimanded for demonstrations he held in his classroom, including one called “oxygen deprivation,” in which a plastic bag was placed over a student’s head.
According to a heavily-redacted written decision by a panel of the disciplinary committee of the Ontario College of Teachers, the demonstration was one of a number conducted by teacher David Vesey which “failed to ensure student safety.”
Vesey began teaching in th