Teacher reprimanded for calling Muslim student 'Taliban'

A Vancouver Island high school teacher has been reprimanded for repeatedly referring to a Muslim student as 'Taliban" in front of other students.

According to a consent resolution agreement posted byB.C.'s Commissioner for Teacher Regulation, Matthew Shaun Pell also made "comments such as 'don't make her angry otherwise she'll bomb you'or 'she's going to blow everything up.'"

The incidents happened in 2014 inPell's Grade 11 math class in the Sookeschool district.

The student's family background was Middle Eastern and Muslim.

"Pell'scomments made Student Aand her classmates, feel very uncomfortable," the consent resolution reads.

The Sookedistrict issued Pell a warning letter in May 2015. The teacher regulation branch released their decision this month.

According to the agreement, Pell admitted that his actions constituted professional misconduct.

He has also agreed to complete a course called Building Cultural Intelligence in Your Workplaceby the end of June 2016.