Josée Landriault

The member, a vice-principal, was found guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable student, which included spending time alone with the student overnight and encouraging drug and alcohol use.

The Discipline Committee ordered that the member receive a reprimand and that his teaching certificate be immediately revoked, finding that his conduct demonstrated a complete disregard for the student's safety and well-being.

The member was also ordered to pay $5,000 in costs to the College.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a Vice-Principal for professional misconduct relating to an inappropriate personal relationship with a student.

The Member brought a motion to adjourn the electronic hearing, arguing it would cause significant prejudice to his ability to cross-examine witnesses and the Panel's ability to assess credibility.

The Panel denied the motion, finding no evidence of significant prejudice.

On the merits, the Panel found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct by meeting the student for coffee, smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol with the student, going on an overnight camping trip, allowing the student to sleep over at his house, purchasing alcohol for the student, and sleeping in the same bed as the student.

The Panel found the Member breached the standards of the profession and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member, a teacher, pled no contest to allegations of professional misconduct after he followed a student into a locker room, invaded his personal space, and yelled inappropriate remarks in response to the student swearing at him.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and disgraceful or dishonourable conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of an anger management course.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally, physically, and emotionally abusing students, and failing to adequately supervise them during the 2016/2017 school year.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, noting incidents where the Member made inappropriate and insensitive comments, grabbed and dragged a student, and left students unsupervised.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a course on classroom management.

The Member, a school principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in a sexual relationship with a subordinate teacher, failing to report his absences, and falsifying Joint Health and Safety Committee meeting minutes.

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

The Member was ordered to receive a reprimand, serve a two-month suspension, and complete a course on professional ethics and boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion to compel the production of third-party records from two police services regarding an incident involving students at a school where the members were principal and vice-principal.

The Discipline Committee applied the first stage of the O'Connor test and found that the records were likely relevant.

The Committee ordered the police services to produce the unredacted records to the Panel for review, after which the Panel will determine whether they should be produced to the parties.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion to compel two police services to produce unredacted records relating to their investigations of incidents involving students at a school where the members were principal and vice-principal.

The members and the police services either consented or did not oppose the motion.

Applying the first stage of the O'Connor test, the Discipline Committee found the records were likely relevant and ordered the police services to produce them to the Panel for review, subject to certain redactions and Youth Criminal Justice Act provisions.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable student.

The member exchanged thousands of text messages with the student, often late at night, and failed to report the student's disclosure of a plan to harm himself.

The member ignored directions from the school administration and the student's parents to cease communication.

The Discipline Committee accepted the member's guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member was ordered to receive a reprimand, serve a 12-month suspension of her teaching certificate, and complete a course on professional boundaries.

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

The allegations related to the Member's use of an incorrect degree abbreviation in campaign materials for a school trustee election.

The College submitted that there was no evidence of deliberate misrepresentation, the Member had not received a prior caution due to being overseas, and the Member had since voluntarily completed a course on professional ethics.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that proceeding with a hearing for low-end misconduct with no risk to the public was not in the public interest.

The Member, a department chair, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for distributing unreleased EQAO assessments to students and a colleague as practice material.

This compromised the 2016 and 2017 EQAO assessments for certain students.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course before returning to teaching.

The Member, a former school board superintendent, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct involving the misuse of a corporate credit card for personal expenses, submitting false expense claims, and forging documents.

The Member had previously pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to forged documents submitted to the U.S. Consulate.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 22-month suspension of his teaching certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Member, a secondary school teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for teaching students swear words, asking students to demonstrate a greeting involving physical contact that made a student uncomfortable, and allowing a student to drive her car on school property.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course in classroom management.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a Vice-Principal for professional misconduct.

The Member admitted to engaging in inappropriate banter with colleagues, accepting a Board-issued cheque for personal travel expenses, disseminating teaching materials without authorization, and altering a colleague's university records to support a U.S. citizenship application, which resulted in criminal convictions for forgery.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Member's guilty plea and found him guilty of professional misconduct, including disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee dismissed one allegation regarding the failure to keep records due to insufficient evidence.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, an 18-month suspension, and the completion of courses on boundary violations and ethical standards.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct, alleging verbal and physical abuse of students and poor classroom management.

The member did not contest the facts, which included shouting at students, making inappropriate remarks, and striking students.

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 the member's certificate, and the completion of a classroom management course.

The Member, a school principal, faced allegations of professional misconduct including unauthorized absences, inappropriate personal use of a board credit card, claiming expenses multiple times, issuing cheques without supporting documents, failing to disclose a conflict of interest regarding the hiring of a relative, and creating a toxic work environment.

The Member pled guilty to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a five-month suspension of her certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making culturally insensitive remarks to a student regarding his home country and for using her personal cell phone to audio record student behaviour without a valid pedagogical reason.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and found the Member committed professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course in classroom management and cultural sensitivity.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to adequately supervise students in his auto shop class.

He regularly permitted students to leave without permission and drive vehicles in and out of the shop.

On one occasion, three students left in a car without permission and were involved in a single-car collision.

The Member failed to intercept their departure and failed to immediately report the accident to the school administration.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of a course on classroom management and effective supervision.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in inappropriate physical contact with a student by hitting his arm, leaving a bruise.

The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct, including physical abuse and failing to maintain the standards of the profession.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification, and the successful completion of an anger management course.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a teacher for multiple incidents of verbal abuse, falling asleep in class, and leaving students unsupervised.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts.

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 a course on classroom and anger management.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for repeatedly leaving students unsupervised, failing to ensure student safety, and engaging in verbally and physically aggressive behaviour towards a student.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The parties presented a joint submission on penalty proposing the revocation of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration.

Although the Committee expressed concerns that the penalty was severe compared to prior case law, it concluded that the joint submission did not meet the high threshold for rejection established in Anthony-Cook.

The Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate.