Ottawa teacher charged after alleged sexual conduct with student

A woman is facing sexual assault-related charges after Ottawa police investigated allegations she engaged in sexual conduct with one of her male students.

Kyla Cowan-Wilson, 32, spoke with Ottawa police Tuesday morning, then was arrested and chargedwith:

• Sexual assault.
• Sexual interference.
• Invitation to sexual touching.

Cowan-Wilson appeared in court Tuesday afternoon via video and was released from custody on a $5,000 bond as well asa promise to appear back in court on July 25.

She was ordered not to talk to four people, andto stay away from parks and public pools where children are present.

She was alsoordered not to be alone with males under 16 unless her husband or the teen's parents are present.

Alleged incidents happened during 2013-14 school year

Ottawa police were made aware of the caseearlier this year.

The alleged incidents occurred at school andduring school hoursover the course of the 2013-14 school year, while Cowan-Wilsonwas a teacher with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, police said in a media release.

A board spokeswoman said the teacher is no longer employed by the OCDSB. The board also said the teacher was removed from the classroom in September 2014 for reasons outside of this case.

Cowan-Wilsonwrote aboutcancer diagnosis

Cowan-Wilsonblogged that she was forced to take a year off work after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

"I've lost part of me, in fact I've lost a lot of me," she wrote on her photography blogonNovember 27, 2015."Somedays it feels as if I won't ever get back to the old me. I feel lost in a life I never expected to have. I think that's the hard part about thyroid cancer."

The 32-year-old went on to write about the soul searching she did. Her husband bought her a camera and shefound her happy place behind the lens when she became a professional photographer, according to her blog.

Police say they're concerned there could be other victims.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Ottawa police sexual assault and child abuse unit at613-236-1222, ext. 5944, or phone Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS);toll free at 1-800-222-8477.