Robert Gagné

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct following criminal convictions in British Columbia for criminal harassment and unlawfully entering a dwelling-house.

The Member had previously received a custodial sentence and probation, and his teaching certificate in British Columbia was cancelled.

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

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, emphasizing the need for denunciation, general deterrence, and public protection.

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

The member, a transportation technology teacher, accepted a donated vehicle for the school's program but subsequently traded it to a colleague without the donor's or the school's permission.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, acknowledging that his actions constituted professional misconduct, including failing to maintain professional standards and failing to keep required records.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the member to complete a course on the ethical practice of teachers.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor student.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and admitted the uncontested facts.

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

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

The Committee also ordered the publication of the member's name, finding that a criminal non-publication order protected the victim's identity, not the member's, and that recent legislative amendments made publication mandatory.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a penalty hearing for a retired member.

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

Pursuant to recent amendments to the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee also directed that the findings and order be published in summary form with the member's name in the College's official publication.

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

The parties agreed to the withdrawal in exchange for the Member executing an Undertaking and Acknowledgment, which required her to complete an Additional Qualification course and provide a copy of her next performance appraisal to the Registrar.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal in exchange for the Undertaking and Acknowledgment was reasonable and served to protect the public interest.

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

The member did not attend the hearing.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and directing publication of the decision.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct against the member set out in the Notice of Hearing.

The member consented to the motion.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, noting that the member would be directed to be dealt with by another committee of the College, and found that the withdrawal was reasonable and served to protect the public interest.

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

The parties agreed to the withdrawal in exchange for the Member's Undertaking and Acknowledgement, which required him to complete a course in classroom management and placed conditions on his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal in exchange for the undertaking was reasonable and adequately protected the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the respondent member.

The member, who was self-represented, did not attend the hearing and his prior request for an adjournment was denied.

The Discipline Committee found on a balance of probabilities that the member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged.

Written reasons and a penalty hearing were to follow.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct following criminal convictions for assault and assault causing bodily harm against his estranged wife and her partner.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty.

The Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, the completion of a stress and anger management course, and publication of the decision with the Member's name.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for repeatedly using profanity, making inappropriate gestures, discussing his personal marijuana use, and making inappropriate sexual remarks about his genitals in the presence of students.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and a course on student sensitivities.

The Committee also ordered that the Member's name be published in the College's official publication, finding that the aggravating factors of repeated misconduct despite prior warnings outweighed the mitigating factors.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a retired member for engaging in inappropriate online communications with young students while teaching in Japan.

The member used Facebook and personal email to ask students personal questions, share details about his private life, and seek affirmation, violating school policies and professional boundaries.

The Discipline Committee qualified the member's former principal as a participant expert and accepted his evidence that the member failed to meet professional standards.

The Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession, psychological or emotional abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who had been criminally convicted of sexual assault and sexual interference involving a Grade [XXX] female student.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Relying on the criminal conviction, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that his name be published in the College's official publication.

The Member, a teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct following criminal convictions for luring a child, transmitting sexually explicit material to a child, and unlawful possession of a firearm.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member's conduct was reprehensible and breached multiple provisions of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed the publication of his name in the College's official publication.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who, while acting as a school coach, instructed a suspended student to play in a game to avoid forfeiting.

The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the member's certificate, a 12-month ban on coaching school sports, and the completion of an ethics course.

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 the member guilty of professional misconduct under multiple subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

As a penalty, the Committee directed the revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and ordered the publication of the decision.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a penalty hearing for a retired member previously found guilty of professional misconduct.

The misconduct involved violating school policy by allowing unauthorized vehicles on school property, using the auto shop for personal repairs, removing a lathe without permission, allowing an unauthorized volunteer, and failing to comply with health and safety provisions.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, the completion of a safety course before returning to teaching, and publication of the decision with the member's name.

The Member, a secondary school teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after admitting to stealing approximately $1,140 from a colleague's bank account.

She had previously pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of possession of property obtained by crime and received a conditional discharge.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of an ethics course.

The Committee also ordered the publication of the Member's name in the College's official publication, finding that the serious nature of the theft outweighed mitigating factors such as her guilty plea and clean prior record.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the member due to insufficient evidence.

The member consented to the withdrawal.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that there was no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct and that the withdrawal was reasonable and appropriate.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the member alleging professional misconduct and incompetence.

The member received three consecutive unsatisfactory performance appraisals while teaching a new French curriculum, demonstrating a lack of instructional strategies, ineffective student engagement, and failure to differentiate instruction for students with exceptionalities.

The member pleaded guilty to incompetence based on an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate, including the successful completion of an Additional Qualification course and mandatory performance appraisals upon returning to a teaching position.