Times-Advocate, 1983-12-07, Page 2Page 2
Times -Advocate, December 7, 1983
Teacher out of 'kookfe Idi'.. • «iad also SHDHS classroom
SHDHS math teacher
Joanne Young made a brief
appearance at the school on
Thursday where she was
handed a letter advising she
had been suspended without
pay until December 16.
That date coincides with the
start of the Christmas break,
so in effect she won't be retur-
ning to class until school
resumes on January 2.
The board agreed to the
suspension in a closed session
last week and the letter con-
veying the message from
Peter Gryseels,
superintendent of person-
nel, advised that should she
breach her teaching contract
in the future, there will be no
recourse but to recommend
she be fired.
The 56 -year-old math
teacher has not been in class
since November 18 when she
defied local principal Bruce
Shaw and attended an anti-
nulcear demonstration at the
Litton plant in Rexdale. Shaw
had denied her request to take
a day off school "to engage in
civil disobedience" and his
stand had been supported in
her appeal to Gryseels.
Young was arrested at the
rally in Toronto and was con-
fined in.a detention centre un-
til she was released by a court
on Wednesday. During that
time, she had engaged in a
hunger strike and had used
the alias of Louis Riel.
The letter she was handed
on returning to the school on
Thursday contained a caution
from Gryseels. "I would be
remiss if I did not indicate to
you that in the future should
you not fulfill your duties as
a teacher in accordance with
the act and regulations of the
province of Ontario, you will
leave no recourse but to
recommend termination of
your contract...I hope that
this action will not be
necessary and that you will
make a concerted effort to
continue in your teaching
role."
The teacher was featured
on a London radio talk show
on Friday and is scheduled to
return to Toronto on January
11 to hear the judge's verdict
on the charge of trespassing.
School officials have in-
dicated that there will be no
problem in her taking off on
that day to attend the court
session.
Following her almost three-
hour trial, provincial Judge
Milton Cadsby said he need-
ed time to consider his deci-
sion on the charge.
All she had to do to gain her
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freedom was sign a release
form promising to reappear
in court but she has adamant-
ly refused to do so in the past
as part of a policy of not con -
operating with authorities.
While Cadsby wanted time
to digest the testimony, he
also wanted to see Young
released from jail. It was in
her hands, "If she wants to
commit suicide in the mean-
time that's her business."
Young then agreed to sign
the form, a move which
prevented her from staying in
jail for perhaps another
month while the judge reach-
ed his verdict.
At 5:20p.m., a smile on her
face, she walked toward a
small band of supporters who
had been waiting for the mo-
ment since 10 a.m.
"Want some juice?" she
was asked.
"Not right away", she said,
grasping hold of daughter
Karen's hand.
Young conceded she felt a
bit "limp" but remained con-
vinced the cause was worth
the hardship.
The mathematics teacher
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said she had agreed to sign
the document releasing ber
from jail because she had
been given her day in court.
Her testimony, at one point,
became more of a discussion
between her and the judge.
"Are you an anarchist?"
Cadsby asked. "I don't think
so," she replied, "although 1
haven't looked up the defini-
tion recently."
Did she believe in the rule
of law? he continued. She
believed in democracy,
Young repLad, and thinks she
is entitled to a say
When she agreed with the
judge that the reason for the
protest is to publicize anti-
nuclear efforts, Cadsby ask-
ed: "Couldn't -you do that out-
side the fence?" The only peo-
ple outisde the fence, she
replied, were other
demonstrators.
The day almost got off to a
disastrous start when Assis-
tant Crown Attorney Dianne
Saxe informed the court that
the arresting officer was on a
long stretch of days off and
could not be informed about
Young's trial.
Saxe was prepared to have
the case adjourned until Fri-
day but during a lunch-hour
session involving Peter
Rosenthal, a University of
Toronto mathematics pro-
fessor who was acting on
Young's behalf, both sides
agreed on the basic evidence
in the case.
Wearing a white turtleneck
sweater and baggy blue
jeans, Young constantly smil-
ed and waved at friends from
her seat in the prisoner's box.
Two of her four children,
27 -year-old Karen, a third -
year social work student at
Ryerson in Toronto, and
33 -year-old Gayle of Grimsby,
were there to lend support.
After a long day in court,
Young complimented Rosen-
thal, a member of the Cruise
Missile Conversion Project,
for his courtroom defence.
But there had been a point
when it seemed the judge
wasn't going to let the pro-
fessor act as Young's agent,
"What is her name?" asked
Cadsby, suggesting Rosenthal
couldn't be retained if he
didn't know his client's name.
"It doesn't look like Louis Rid
to me. I've only seen pictures
of him, but it doesn't look like
him."
Rosenthal consulted Young
and then told the court her
real name. Assuming an alias
is just another part of Young's
refusal to co-operate once she
has been arrested.
Pleading not guilty to
trespassing, Young took the
stand.
"Have a seat," said the
judge. "How are you feel-
ing?" A bit dizzy, replied
Young.
She told Cadsby the story of
her husband who worked as a
chemical engineer for
Eldorado Nuclear in 1954
when he was expose ? to a
cloud of radioactive dust. He
contracted a rare form of
cancer and died in 1956 at the
age of 34.
Young said she was at the
Litton plant protesting the
fact that Canada appears to
be promoting the nuclear
industry.
In arguing his case, Rosen-
thal told Cadsby the peace
movement has been thwarted
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