Erin Durant

The member was previously found to have engaged in professional misconduct involving child pornography.

At the penalty hearing, the Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to immediately revoke the member's certificate of qualification and registration.

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

The member made inappropriate comments to students regarding traditional gender roles and posted intolerant, misogynistic, homophobic, and transphobic views on social media while identifying as a Catholic teacher.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct, including psychological or emotional abuse of students and conduct unbecoming a member.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and a joint submission on penalty.

The member, having already resigned and signed an undertaking never to teach in Ontario again, was ordered to receive a reprimand and a three-month suspension of his certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving inappropriate physical contact and boundary violations with two students.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations including physical and psychological abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and engaging in disgraceful or dishonourable conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts and found the member guilty.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the member's certificate, and mandatory coursework on boundary violations.

The member, a teacher in a developmental disabilities classroom, faced allegations of professional misconduct after interrupting a student's established routine, which caused the student to become physically aggressive towards support staff.

During the incident, the member remained seated, failed to assist staff, did not promptly evacuate other students, and delayed calling the office for help.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to adequately supervise, failing to comply with professional standards, and engaging in unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the successful completion of coursework on classroom management with an emphasis on students with special needs.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent member.

The College submitted that the allegations related solely to the member's personal life, involved no students, and had no reasonable prospect of resulting in a finding of professional misconduct.

The member consented to the motion.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that it was reasonable, appropriate, and not in the public interest to expend resources on a hearing with no reasonable prospect of success.

The Member, a teacher facing allegations of professional misconduct including sexual abuse of two students, brought two pre-hearing motions before the Discipline Committee.

First, the Member sought to sever the allegations relating to Student 1 from those relating to Student 2, arguing that hearing them together would cause prejudice through propensity reasoning.

Second, the Member objected to the College's intention to hold the hearing electronically, arguing that an electronic hearing for key witnesses violated section 7 of the Charter and breached his right to procedural fairness.

The Discipline Committee dismissed both motions.

Applying the factors from R. v. Last, the Committee found that the public interest in avoiding a multiplicity of proceedings outweighed any potential prejudice, and that the panel's structure mitigated the risk of propensity reasoning.

Regarding the electronic hearing, the Committee held that section 7 of the Charter does not protect the pure economic interest of practicing a profession.

Furthermore, applying the Baker factors, the Committee concluded that electronic hearings do not inherently hinder credibility assessments or violate procedural fairness.

The member was previously found guilty of professional misconduct and ordered to provide employment information and pay $20,000 in costs.

The member failed to comply with the order and responded to College staff and legal counsel with dismissive and threatening comments, including 'Don't get shot'.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with an order, contravening a term on his certificate, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional, and unbecoming conduct.

The Committee revoked the member's certificate, finding him ungovernable, and ordered him to pay $10,000 in costs.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and psychologically abusing several students over three academic years.

The Member admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts, acknowledging she made intimidating, mocking, and insensitive remarks, and engaged in aggressive behaviour towards students, including those with Individual Education Plans.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of her teaching certificate, and the completion of coursework on anger management, classroom communication, and student assessment.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for using inappropriate physical force against a student who had kicked him and was misbehaving.

The Member admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and imposed conditions on the Member's certificate requiring the completion of coursework in classroom management and anger management.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and psychologically abusing students, failing to mark assignments, and making inappropriate comments about colleagues.

The member pleaded no contest to an agreed statement of facts detailing his use of profanity, physically intimidating behaviour, and failure to provide appropriate instruction.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of coursework in classroom and anger management.