A Manitoba teacher has been ordered to complete training on teacher-student boundaries after admitting he liked a student’s social media post while logged into a school hockey team’s account. According to a consent resolution agreement signed in late August, Jordan Shay Nelson has held a Manitoba teaching certificate since June 2014 and was employed as a teacher with Pembina Trails School Division. Nelson also served as staff manager of a school hockey team and managed the team’s school-sanctioned social media account. The agreement states that on Oct. 7, 2025, between 10 and 11 p.m., Nelson was logged into the hockey team’s social media account and was viewing the profiles of team members and some of the account’s followers. While scrolling through the account of a student identified in the agreement only as “Student A,” Nelson “liked” the student’s year-old social media post, the agreement states. The document does not specify the content of the post. The agreement states Nelson was not aware at the time that he had liked the post and did not do so intentionally. Nelson told investigators he did not recall or intend to engage with the student, but admitted to “going down a rabbit hole” while scrolling through accounts connected to the team’s followers. The interaction was reported to the school by the student’s parent, and Nelson was placed on administrative leave by the division, according to the agreement. The division issued a discipline letter in November 2025, and Nelson was transferred to another school. That December, an investigation was ordered by the commissioner under the Education Administration Act. Nelson admits in the agreement that the conduct constitutes professional misconduct under the act. He agreed to complete a course on maintaining appropriate teacher-student boundaries and submit proof of completion, along with a report on his learning and how it applies to his teaching, by Sept. 30. “Nelson’s conduct in using information associated with the school’s hockey team account to access and review a student’s social media account, without any legitimate educational or workplace purpose, was inappropriate and inconsistent with the professional boundaries expected of a teacher,” the agreement reads. The agreement was reached with the Commissioner of Teacher Professional Conduct, the provincial office responsible for investigating and resolving professional misconduct complaints against certified teachers in Manitoba. In determining the conditions placed on Nelson’s certificate, the commissioner noted his conduct made the student feel “confused and uncomfortable,” according to the agreement. The commissioner also found Nelson violated the division’s policy on staff interaction with students by engaging with a student outside of school on social media. The division removed Nelson as staff manager of the hockey team and barred him from managing the team’s social media account for the remainder of the 2025-26 school year — a restriction that will continue going forward without senior administration’s permission, according to the agreement. Nelson also completed Commit to Kids online training in November 2025 as directed by the division, which it describes on its website as a 3-hour training that highlights the importance of understanding boundaries. CTV News has reached out to Nelson for comment.
