Kiran Qureshi

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

The College submitted that the primary witness was unable to participate due to health and well-being concerns, leaving no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that it was not in the public interest to proceed without sufficient evidence.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student.

The member did not attend the hearing.

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

The Committee ordered the mandatory penalty of revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, along with a written reprimand.

The member was also ordered to pay $10,000 in costs to the College.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to the criminal offence of possessing child pornography.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including engaging in a prohibited act involving child pornography.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a written reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, as mandated by the Ontario College of Teachers Act.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse of students, sexual misconduct, and practising under the influence of a substance.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which involved making inappropriate and sexualized comments and gestures to students, attending school smelling of a substance contrary to prescribed treatment, and failing to follow absence reporting protocols.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification, and the successful completion of a course on boundary violations.