B.C. teacher suspended after showing a 'meat pie' video in class
A B.C. teacher is facing a five-day unpaid suspension after showing inappropriate videos in class and making an education assistant feel “belittled.”
In a consent resolution agreement, the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation describes the actions of Margaret Rose Lewick, a teacher in the Central Coast School District (SD49), stating that she “did not create a positive classroom environment.”
On Nov. 21, 2024, Lewick was teaching a Grade 9 class when she showed her students two videos.
The first one demonstrated how to eat pie and “was riddled with sexual connotations,” according to the consent resolution agreement.
“Lewick turned off the pie video after a few minutes when a male eating a meat pie appeared on a beach wearing a small Speedo bathing suit.”
The second video was animated, showing students in a shop class, derogatorily referring to weak males.
“It also shows a mean, aggressive teacher torturing students through electric shocks. Lewick told the school principal that she liked to show students the shop video in order to encourage them to take notes.”
On Dec. 2, 2024, the principal sent Lewick an email, stating that all her curricular materials, “are to be thoroughly vetted for appropriate content and viewability and must be clearly connected to a logical progression of curricular outcomes.”
Then, on Dec. 10, 2024, Lewick was teaching a Grade 8 class with an education assistant in her classroom, providing assistance.
“Lewick addressed the EA in front of students in a manner which came across as demeaning and disrespectful,” and the EA said they felt belittled.
On July 2, 2025, the district issued Lewick a letter of discipline and a five-day unpaid suspension.
Previous incidents
Lewick has already served a three-day unpaid suspension for making a racist comment.
On Nov. 27, 2023, she was teaching a Grade 8 and 9 art class and introduced her students to a cutting tool.
She removed it from a First Nations student in her class, and the student said, “Is this because I am brown?”
Lewick responded sarcastically, saying, “Yes, exactly.”
“The students in the class then began discussing the racist nature of Lewick’s comment.”
Lewick said to the class, “You can’t take a joke,” “I have the right to joke about anything I want,” “It’s a joke, people need to be able to take a joke,” and “I have heard these comments about being brown for years.”
Lewick appeared angry and upset, and students said they felt shocked and surprised.
After the class, Lewick tried to apologize to the student, saying she was sorry if they were offended. The student said that Lewick had made a racist joke, and Lewick said, “The whole class heard you accuse me of being racist.”
In Oct. 2023, the school district had also requested that she continue counselling and take an anger management program, as well as reminded her that professional educators are held to a higher standard of conduct.
In Oct. 2022, the district issued her a letter of discipline after Lewick “made unnecessary physical contact with a student.”