Amin Saab

The Member, a registered nurse and teacher, pleaded guilty to defrauding the Hamilton Health Sciences Centre of over $1,000,000 and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

In the discipline proceeding before the Ontario College of Teachers, the Member pleaded no contest to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee revoked the Member's teaching certificate.

The Committee also ordered that the Member's name be published in the College's official publication, finding that the severity of the misconduct and the need for general deterrence outweighed the Member's desire for anonymity.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to criminal fraud over $5,000 for his involvement in a scheme with his spouse that defrauded a hospital of over $600,000.

At the discipline hearing, the member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and directed that his name and a summary of the decision be published in the College's official publication.

Counsel for the Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against the member.

The member consented to the withdrawal.

The Discipline Committee, advised by independent legal counsel that it had jurisdiction under section 4.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act to dispose of the proceeding without a hearing on consent, granted the motion and authorized the withdrawal of the allegations.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who had been convicted of second-degree murder for killing his common-law wife.

The member did not attend the hearing but submitted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty, admitting to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that his conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and the publication of the decision.

The member, a high school teacher, pleaded no contest to professional misconduct for making inappropriate comments of a sexual nature to and about female students, striking a student with a metre stick during horseplay, and failing to perform supervisory duties.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, completion of a boundary issues course, and publication of the decision with the member's name.

The member, a high school teacher, pled no contest to allegations of professional misconduct for sending graphic material, including profanity, sexual jokes, and pornographic images, to three male students via the Internet.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Penalty.

The Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, suspended his certificate of qualification for seven months, and ordered him to appear for a reprimand and complete a course on appropriate teacher/student boundaries before returning to teaching.

The Member, a high school teacher, pled no contest to allegations of professional misconduct after admitting to taking two female students to a hotel room and engaging in consensual sexual activity with one of them.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Penalty, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate and publication of the decision.

The Member, an occasional teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making inappropriate comments with sexual innuendo to students and touching female students without their consent.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations and admitted the facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered that the Member be permitted to resign, his certificate of qualification be cancelled, and he provide an undertaking never to teach again.

The member, a teacher, was convicted in criminal court of sexual assault and sexual touching of a person under the age of 14.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct based on the criminal convictions.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and directed that the decision be published.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriately touching female elementary students on multiple occasions between 1969 and 2001.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and resigned his teaching certificate, stating his intention never to teach in Ontario again.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordering a reprimand and publication of the decision with the member's name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct against the member set out in the Notice of Hearing.

With the consent of the parties, and pursuant to section 4.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, the Discipline Committee authorized the withdrawal of the allegations without a hearing, finding it reasonable in the circumstances.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriately placing his hands on a student's shoulders while admonishing him.

The member pleaded guilty and admitted the facts in an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, the completion of a course in Non-violent Crisis Intervention, and publication of the decision.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for acting in an unprofessional and inappropriate manner towards a female colleague, including sending inappropriate letters, emails, and gifts, and making inappropriate comments.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and joint submission on penalty, noting the Member was suffering from clinical depression at the time.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension to be postponed and not imposed if the Member successfully completes a professional boundaries course, and publication of the decision without identifying information.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence following two unsatisfactory performance appraisals.

The College withdrew the professional misconduct allegations.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a plea of no contest, the Discipline Committee found the Member incompetent due to deficiencies in assessment practices, record keeping, curriculum planning, and communication.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a suspension of up to two years and imposing conditions requiring the completion of courses in classroom management and instructional strategies, as well as a satisfactory performance appraisal upon return to teaching.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted criminally of possessing child pornography.

The member possessed hundreds of images, including images created by manipulating photographs of a former student taken in the classroom.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordering the immediate revocation of his certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against the Member.

The parties consented to the withdrawal in exchange for the Member's immediate resignation and an undertaking not to seek reinstatement for at least two years.

The Discipline Committee, noting its jurisdiction under section 4.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act to dispose of proceedings without a hearing on consent, granted the motion and authorized the College to accept the Member's undertaking.