A full-time instructor in Camosun College’s nursing department has resigned following an investigation into alleged misconduct during a school trip to the Philippines.
The college started the investigation of Stephen Bishop after receiving complaints from nursing students following a five-week school trip between April and June.
Few details have been released about the allegations.
Bishop declined to comment when contacted by the Times Colonist on Thursday.
“I’m not prepared to speak with anyone right now,” he said.
An automatic reply on his work email advised people to contact him on his personal email or on his cellphone.
Joan Yates, vice-president of student experience for the college, confirmed that the third-party investigation has been completed. She said the college has “taken the appropriate internal measures,” but would not disclose what those measures are, citing confidentiality in personnel matters.
It’s unclear whether the investigation found any wrongdoing. Yates would say only that “Camosun College takes the safety of our students very seriously.”
Darlaine Jantzen, chairwoman of the nursing department, said she was unable to comment as she is not privy to the results of the investigation.
Students with information about the incident were asked to sign a consent form to indicate what they might be willing to share as part of the investigation, Yates said.
“They were certainly notified, those that have been involved, that the confidentiality element is important to the process,” she said last month.
Camosun nursing students have been visiting the Philippines Nursing Field School for eight years. The trips allow students to engage in clinical practice in local hospitals, meeting practicum requirements while gaining international experience.
According to his biography on Camosun’s school of health and human services website, Bishop joined the department in 1999 and became the chairman in 2007. He has also worked as a pediatric intensive care nurse at Victoria General Hospital.
