代表曼尼托巴省最大学区教育支持人员的工会正在发出警报，其主席称这是对其成员暴力行为的惊人增加。
The union that represents educational support staff in Manitoba's largest school division is sounding the alarm over what its president describes as a shocking increase in violence against its workers.
曼尼托巴省政府和普通雇员工会周五发布的新温尼伯学区数据显示，该学区学校的学生相关攻击事件大约增加了118%，从2022-23学年的884起增至2025-26学年的1,925起。
New Winnipeg School Division data, released Friday by the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union, shows a roughly 118 per cent increase in student-related aggression incidents in the division's schools, jumping from 884 in the 2022-23 year to 1,925 in 2025-26.
“当我们收到这些数字时，真的非常震惊，坦率地说，”工会主席凯尔·罗斯在接受采访时说。
"When we received the numbers, it was really jaw-dropping, honestly," union president Kyle Ross said in an interview. "Every day, you have to get up in the morning and wonder, 'Am I going to get spit on?
“每天早上你都得起床，然后想，‘我会不会被吐口水？我会不会被拽头发？我会不会被咬、被撞头？’对大多数人来说，走进工作岗位时根本不用考虑这些问题。”根据数据，教育助理是学生相关攻击最可能伤害的员工群体，几乎占据了MGEU分享的所有案例。
Am I going to have my hair pulled? Am I going to get bit, head-butted?' It's not a thing that most people have to think about when they're walking into their job." According to the data, educational assistants were the staff group most likely to be harmed by student-related aggression, making up nearly all the cases included in the numbers shared by MGEU.
工会表示，这些事件的增加——包括打击、抓伤、踢击和咬伤——也引发了对人员配备水平是否匹配需求的担忧。
The increase in incidents, which included hits, scratches, kicks and bites, also raise concerns that staffing levels aren't matching needs, the union says.
罗斯表示，虽然很难指出导致增加的单一原因，但他希望看到更多的教育助理，以确保对需要支持的孩子提供一致的照顾。
Ross said while it's hard to pinpoint any single cause for the increase, he hopes to see more educational assistants to ensure consistent care for kids who need support.
“我们的成员经常告诉我们，当你与同一个学生建立起关系时，处理起来会容易很多——当他们建立起信任时，当你说‘不’而他们仍然信任你，这会带来很大的不同，”他说。
"Our members tell us often, it's much easier to deal with the same student when you build that rapport up — when they have that trust, when you tell them no and they trust you, it makes a big difference," he said.
“我没有所有答案，但我知道我们必须找到更好的办法。”工会表示，它正在呼吁省政府将支持资源投放到最需要的地方，通过适当的培训确保安全的人员配备水平，并加强对防暴力要求的执行。
"I don't have all the answers, but I know we have to find a better way." The union said it's calling on the province to target support where it's most needed, ensure safe staffing levels with the right training and strengthen enforcement of violence-prevention requirements.
在发言人发布的书面声明中，教育部长特蕾西·施密特表示，该省理解“投入更多员工对于为孩子提供所需支持和保持学校安全至关重要”。她说，新民主党政府已在2026年提供资金，用于雇佣830名新教育助理，但补充道该省也认识到“还有更多工作要做”，并承诺将继续与学区及其他合作伙伴合作。
In a written statement sent by a spokesperson, Education Minister Tracy Schmidt said the province understands that "investing in more staff is essential to providing kids with the supports they need and keeping our schools safe." She said the NDP government has provided funding in 2026 to hire 830 new EAs, but added the province recognizes "that there is more work to do," and promised to continue working with school divisions and other partners.
温尼伯学区督学马特·亨德森表示，该学区在过去三年里已增加300名教育助理并降低了班级规模，并有信心其课堂上拥有“合适人数和合适的人”。“现在，真正要做的是支持这些团队，”亨德森在接受采访时说。
Winnipeg School Division superintendent Matt Henderson said the division has added 300 educational assistants over the last three years and reduced class sizes, and is confident it has "the right amount of people and the right people" in its classrooms. "Now, it's about really supporting those teams," Henderson said in an interview.
“当孩子发生事件时，往往是因为他们试图向我们传达某些信息。我们一直说行为就是交流。因此，这也是其中的一部分。”“解决起来非常复杂”渥太华大学博士生达比·马洛里表示，她对这些数据并不感到惊讶。
"When there's an incident with a child, often it's because they're trying to communicate something to us. We always say behaviour is communication. And so that's part of it." 'Very complex to solve' Darby Mallory, a doctoral student at the University of Ottawa, said she wasn't surprised by the numbers.
马洛里表示，学校暴力事件多年来一直在上升。她在犯罪学系学习，并参与该校针对教育工作者的暴力和骚扰项目。
Violent incidents in schools have been on the rise for years, said Mallory, who studies in the department of criminology and works on the university's Violence and Harassment Against Educators project.
她说：“这不仅仅是少数学校、少数教育局、少数社区出现的问题。”
"It's not simply an issue that is happening in a few schools, in a few different school boards, in a few different communities," she said.
“我认为这些数据清楚表明，这是一个大问题，它正影响着全国范围内的教师和教育工作者。我认为这也凸显了该问题解决起来非常复杂。”
"I think the numbers make clear that it's a big problem, that it's one that is affecting teachers and education sector workers across this entire country. And I think that that highlights that the issue is very complex to solve."
马洛里表示，导致这一问题的一个因素是学校经费总体减少，导致班级规模增大、员工裁员以及学生资源削减。虽然有些事件涉及有特殊需求的学生，但她表示，暴力事件发生率在各个群体中都很高。课堂上暴力事件增加导致的干扰影响着工作者和学生，马洛里说。
One contributor is a general decrease in school funding, leading to larger class sizes, staff layoffs and cuts to resources for students, Mallory said. Though some incidents involve students with specialized needs, rates of violence are high across the board, she said. The disruption caused by an increase in violent incidents in the classroom affects both workers and students, Mallory said.
“这不仅是教学时间的损失，而且学生在感到不安全、感觉像在鸡蛋壳上行走、不知道接下来会发生什么的环境中学习也非常困难，”她说。“这不仅是影响工作者的问题。这正在影响整个学校社区。”
"That's not only lost instructional time, but it also is very difficult for students to learn in an environment where they feel like they're unsafe, where they feel like they're walking on eggshells, and where they don't know what is going to come next," she said. "It's not only an issue that's affecting workers. This is something that is affecting the entire school community."