Mark Lefebvre

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member following his criminal convictions for assault and criminal harassment against two female colleagues.

The member did not attend the hearing but signed an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, revoked his teaching certificate, and ordered that he cannot apply for reinstatement for five years.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct for submitting a falsified Interim Certificate of Qualification to a university to enrol in an Additional Qualification course.

The falsified certificate omitted a condition that prohibited him from enrolling in the course.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member's certificates were suspended for two months, and he was ordered to appear for a reprimand.

The member, an applicant for an occasional teaching position, engaged in a pattern of abusive, profane, and harassing communications with a school board and its legal counsel after not being hired.

Despite a cease and desist letter, the member continued to send inappropriate emails and make threatening phone calls.

At the discipline hearing, the member was disruptive and eventually abandoned the proceedings.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee ordered a six-month suspension of the member's teaching certificate, with conditions requiring a psychiatric assessment addressing anger management and impulse control before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been convicted of seven counts of sexual assault.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Based on the criminal convictions and the member's resulting four-year prison sentence, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificates of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been convicted of seven counts of sexual assault against a victim.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Based on the criminal convictions and the evidence presented, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that the decision be published with a publication ban on identifying information.

The member faced allegations of professional misconduct for showing a pornographic videotape to a 14-year-old student at his apartment.

The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct based on an agreed statement of facts.

The Discipline Committee accepted the member's resignation and his undertaking never to reapply for certification.

A majority of the Committee ordered the publication of the member's name, finding no compelling reason to withhold it, while a dissenting member would have ordered non-publication.

The Discipline Committee convened to determine the penalty for a teacher previously found guilty of professional misconduct for boundary violations with a student.

The College presented expert evidence indicating the teacher's behaviour constituted grooming for a sexual purpose and a severe boundary violation.

The member's expert characterized the violation as mild.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification, with no application for reinstatement permitted for at least one year, and recommended a psychiatric assessment prior to any such application.