John Hamilton

Ava Arbuck

Tom Potter

John Hamilton

Alicia Nunn

OCTOntario College of TeachersOct 31, 2018

Teacher's certificate revoked after criminal conviction for voyeurism involving hidden camera in staff washroom.

The Member, a former vice-principal and teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted of nine counts of voyeurism under the Criminal Code.

The Member had placed a hidden camera in a staff washroom at a school and recorded colleagues using the toilet without their consent.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, finding that the Member's egregious misconduct, which was planned and deliberate, severely undermined public confidence in the teaching profession.

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

Ontario College of Teachers v. Hachborn, 2018 ONOCT 52

Robin McKechney

Ava Arbuck

Tom Potter

John Hamilton

Alicia Nunn

OCTOntario College of TeachersOct 23, 2018

Teacher's certificate revoked following guilty plea to professional misconduct.

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

The member did not attend the hearing but entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct under Ontario Regulation 437/97.

Accepting the joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

Ontario College of Teachers v. Hamilton, 2018 ONOCT 64

Judy Finlay

OCFSRBUnanimous27 cases2012–2021

John Hamilton

OCFSRBUnanimous1 case2017–2024

Jay Sengupta

OCFSRB34 cases2008–2026

OCFSRBChild and Family Services Review BoardSep 13, 2017

Foster parent's application to adopt Crown ward dismissed in favour of Indigenous kinship placement.

The applicant foster parent applied to the Child and Family Services Review Board to rescind the Society's decision refusing her application to adopt a Crown ward.

The Society had decided to place the child for adoption with extended family members residing in Alberta, a plan supported by the child's First Nation Band.

The Board weighed the best interests of the child under s. 136(2) of the Child and Family Services Act, emphasizing the importance of the child's cultural background, blood relationships, and the Band's perspective.

The Board concluded that the kinship placement was in the child's best interests and confirmed the Society's decision.

A.B v. Brant Family and Children’s Services, 2017 CFSRB 26

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OCTOntario College of TeachersNov 15, 2018

Teacher reprimanded and ordered to take boundaries course for inappropriate Instagram communications with students.

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

The Member communicated with the students via Instagram about non-academic topics, accepted their requests to follow his accounts, and posted an inappropriate joke.

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 that the Member be reprimanded and complete a course on professional boundaries.

Ontario College of Teachers v. Bagshaw, 2018 ONOCT 54

Robin McKechney

Ava Arbuck

Tom Potter

John Hamilton

Alicia Nunn

OCTOntario College of TeachersOct 31, 2018

Teacher's certificate revoked after criminal conviction for voyeurism involving hidden camera in staff washroom.

The Member, a former vice-principal and teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted of nine counts of voyeurism under the Criminal Code.

The Member had placed a hidden camera in a staff washroom at a school and recorded colleagues using the toilet without their consent.

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

Ontario College of Teachers v. Hachborn, 2018 ONOCT 52

Robin McKechney

Ava Arbuck

Tom Potter

John Hamilton

Alicia Nunn