Timeline of events in the case of a Toronto student who drowned on field trip

An Ontario teacher has been charged with criminal negligence causing death after a student died on a field trip to a provincial park last summer. Jeremiah Perry, 15, was with other students from Toronto’s C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute when he went for an evening swim and disappeared underwater. Here is a timeline of events in the case:

July 4, 2017 — Perry goes missing during an evening swim with a group of classmates during a school trip to Algonquin Provincial Park.

July 5, 2017 — Perry’s body is found by the Ontario Provincial Police’s underwater rescue unit in Big Trout Lake. The Toronto District School Board launches an internal investigation.

July 11, 2017 — Nicholas Mills, a teacher from Perry’s school, is placed on home assignment.

Aug. 16, 2017 — The board’s director of education releases preliminary findings on the trip and announces strengthened safety measures.

Aug. 17, 2017 — The Ministry of Education announces a review of Ontario school boards’ outdoor education policies.

Aug. 25, 2017 — Provincial police begin a criminal investigation into Perry’s death and direct the school board to suspend their internal investigation.

May 16, 2018 — The province releases their review of outdoor education policies, recommending school boards develop guidelines for monitoring compliance with safety procedures and create a support centre that would give staff standardized access to information on those guidelines.

July 26, 2018 — Police announce a charge of criminal negligence causing death against Mills and the board resumes its internal investigation.

(SOURCE: The Canadian Press, Toronto District School Board)