A public school teacher in Canada has been suspended for allegedly showing a video of Charlie Kirk’s assassination to students as young as 10 in his class, authorities said.
According to the report, the teacher also suggested Kirk deserved to be killed and delivered a speech to the young students about anti-fascism and transgender issues.
“Several students from his class went home and complained to their parents, traumatized by witnessing the on-camera death, which they were forced to witness numerous times over,” a source told the Toronto Sun after the shocking incident at a Toronto school on Thursday.
“Parents subsequently reached out to school administrators, who will be putting him on leave at the start of the school day September 12th 2025.”
The source continued: “While playing this video repeatedly, he gave a speech to his students regarding anti-fascism, anti-trans, and how Charlie Kirk deserved for this to occur.”
A letter was sent home to all students affected by the video’s showing on Friday, calling the teacher’s alleged behavior “extremely troubling and completely disturbing,” according to the Toronto Sun.
Corvette Junior Public School Principal Jennifer Koptie signed the letter, which stated that students were shown a portion of a violent video in response to questions about a recent tragic event in the United States.
The letter claimed that the video was shown to students in grades 5 and 6 — typically aged 10 to 11 — by a staff member who was supervising a French immersion class but was not the regular teacher.
“While an investigation must still be conducted to learn all of the details, the report of this incident is extremely troubling and completely unacceptable,” the letter continued.
“We recognize the seriousness of this matter and have taken immediate steps to follow all appropriate policies and procedures,” Koptie wrote.
“The teacher has been relieved of all teaching responsibilities pending the outcome of the investigation and will not be at the school,” the letter continued. Assistance is being offered to any children traumatized by the incident, Koptie said.
“I also want to assure you that our top priority is to help students. The school now has access to social work support,” the letter stated.
“I’ll be visiting the class with a member of our Social Work team to check in on students and offer support.
