Brigitte Bidal Piquette

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to maintain appropriate professional boundaries and engaging in inappropriate physical contact with a student.

The member signed the student out of class, drove her home, took her out for coffee or lunch, and kissed her on the cheek.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty.

The member was reprimanded, suspended for three months, and required to complete a course on boundary violations.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for engaging in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with a student during the 1999-2000 school year.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct based on findings of fact from prior criminal proceedings.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, noting that his certificate had already been revoked in a prior hearing for similar misconduct involving another student.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional boundaries with students.

The Member engaged in inappropriate physical contact, including sitting behind students on the same chair, touching their faces and hair, and rubbing their shoulders.

He also made inappropriate comments and mocked a student's culture.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and imposing terms, conditions, or limitations on the Member's certificate, including a requirement to complete individualized instruction sessions on professional boundaries before returning to teach.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a retired member for professional misconduct.

The allegations involved the member using profanity, making racist and sexually explicit comments, and performing inappropriate physical stretching exercises in front of students.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct by failing to maintain the standards of the profession, verbally and psychologically abusing students, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand and required the member to complete coursework on professional boundaries before returning to teaching.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee ordered that the member appear to receive a reprimand and imposed terms, conditions, or limitations on her Certificate of Qualification and Registration, requiring her to successfully complete a pre-approved course on professional boundaries with students before commencing employment requiring a certificate.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who had been criminally convicted of sexual exploitation of a student.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in a sexual relationship with the student, which included kissing and inappropriate communication.

Given the serious nature of the sexual abuse, the member's abuse of trust, and the aggravating factors identified in the criminal proceedings, the Committee ordered the revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor student.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and admitted the uncontested facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Committee also ordered the publication of the member's name, finding that a criminal non-publication order protected the victim's identity, not the member's, and that recent legislative amendments made publication mandatory.

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

The parties agreed to the withdrawal in exchange for the Member's Undertaking and Acknowledgement, which required him to complete a course in classroom management and placed conditions on his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal in exchange for the undertaking was reasonable and adequately protected the public interest.