Kirby Chown

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a retired member for posting antisemitic and discriminatory remarks on her public Twitter account.

The member did not attend the hearing but had previously emailed the College asserting her right to freedom of speech and refusing to participate.

The Discipline Committee found that the member's statements exposed Jewish people and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community to hatred, constituting disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee held that a finding of professional misconduct was a proportionate limit on the member's Charter right to freedom of expression.

The member's teaching certificate was revoked, and she was ordered to receive a written reprimand and pay $10,000 in costs.

The Member, a teacher, faced disciplinary proceedings for making numerous racist, Islamophobic, and transphobic posts on her public Facebook account.

Prior to the hearing, the Member brought motions for a discretionary publication ban and for the recusal of a panel member due to alleged bias, both of which were dismissed.

The Member pled guilty to professional misconduct, admitting her posts violated her professional duties under the Education Act and constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty and ordered the immediate revocation of her Certificate of Qualification and Registration, emphasizing the severity of the misconduct, the harm caused to the school community, and the need for specific and general deterrence.

The Member pled guilty to and was convicted of possession of child pornography under the Criminal Code.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct and a prohibited act involving child pornography.

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

The Member pled guilty to and was convicted of child luring, possession of child pornography, and making child pornography under the Criminal Code.

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

As the offences constituted prescribed sexual acts and prohibited acts involving child pornography, the Committee ordered the mandatory revocation of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, along with a written reprimand.

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

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered that the Member receive a reprimand, revoked her Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and ordered her to pay $10,000 in costs to the College.

Written reasons were to follow.

Following a finding of professional misconduct for failing to maintain an appropriate learning environment and making disrespectful and disparaging remarks to students, the Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing.

The member brought a preliminary motion to reopen the hearing to admit new evidence, which the Panel dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

On penalty, the Panel ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and the successful completion of coursework on anger management, classroom management, professional ethics, and cultural sensitivity before returning to the classroom.

Applying the Hall factors, the Panel also ordered the member to pay $20,000 in costs to the College.

The Member appeared before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on allegations of professional misconduct.

The parties submitted an Amended Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The panel accepted the plea and found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct contrary to subsections 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The penalty phase of the hearing was scheduled to continue at a later date.

The Discipline Committee previously found the member engaged in professional misconduct by failing to maintain an appropriate learning environment, throwing chalk, and making disparaging remarks to students.

In this penalty decision, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the member's certificate, and imposed conditions requiring the completion of courses in anger management, classroom management, professional ethics, and cultural sensitivity.

The member was also ordered to pay $20,000 in costs.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving the sexual abuse of multiple students.

The member had previously pleaded guilty to criminal charges including sexual interference, sexual exploitation, and sexual assault, and was sentenced to 30 months' incarceration.

In the discipline proceeding, the member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

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

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a vice-principal for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with a student.

The member communicated with the student via text messages containing sexual content and engaged in sexual relations with her at his residence.

When an investigation was initiated, the member encouraged the student to mislead the police and the school board.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Pursuant to the mandatory revocation provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and issued a written reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member for professional misconduct and sexual abuse of students.

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 and sexual abuse of students.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a written reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought professional misconduct allegations against an occasional teacher for his conduct during two classes on December 13, 2017.

The Discipline Committee found that the teacher failed to adequately control his classes, resulting in chaos and students leaving the classroom.

The Committee also found that the teacher engaged in verbal and psychological abuse by calling a student 'racist' and 'mouthy', referring to a student as the 'Queen of Sheba', and making disparaging comments about the school.

The Committee concluded that the teacher's actions constituted professional misconduct, breaching multiple ethical standards and statutory duties.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought an urgent, written, on-consent motion for a publication ban regarding the identity of a student who was allegedly sexually abused by the member.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion pursuant to subsection 32.1(4) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, which makes such an order mandatory at the request of the alleged victim.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct and sexual abuse of students.

Over a ten-year period, the Member engaged in a pattern of boundary violations and grooming behaviour with six female students, including sending inappropriate personal and sexual electronic messages late at night.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct and sexual abuse.

The Committee ordered the mandatory revocation of the Member's teaching certificate and a written reprimand.

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

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of verbally and psychologically abusing students, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The member made racist, sexist, and homophobic comments in class, yelled at students, and created an intimidating classroom environment.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification, and the completion of a course on classroom communication and cultural sensitivity.

The member was found to have engaged in professional misconduct by failing to appear for an admonishment ordered by the Investigation Committee and failing to respond to College communications.

Following a joint submission on penalty, the Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the member's certificate, and conditions requiring the member to receive the admonishment and complete a course on professionalism and ethics before returning to teaching.

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

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member for alleged professional misconduct and sexual abuse of students.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct and sexual abuse of students.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that he receive a written reprimand.

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

The Discipline Committee accepted a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, finding the member engaged in professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and the completion of a course on classroom communication and cultural sensitivity.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to appear before the Investigation Committee to be admonished and failing to respond to written inquiries from the College.

The Member admitted the factual allegations but claimed she was undergoing a period of self-reflection and spiritual meditation.

The Discipline Committee found that the College proved the allegations on a balance of probabilities and concluded that the Member engaged in professional misconduct.

The Member, a school principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making four inappropriate and disrespectful comments to and in the presence of staff members.

The Discipline Committee unanimously found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The parties presented a joint submission on penalty proposing a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and coursework.

A majority of the panel rejected the joint submission, finding that a three-month suspension was unduly harsh and unhinged from the facts, as the Member's conduct did not involve physical touching and fell on the lower end of the scale of objectionable comments.

The majority ordered a reprimand and coursework without a suspension.

The dissenting panel member would have accepted the joint submission.