Christine Wadsworth

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The parties presented a Joint Submission on Penalty proposing a 10-month suspension and a reprimand.

The Committee expressed concerns about the lack of a rehabilitative component in the proposed penalty, given that the Member's certificate was only being suspended, not revoked.

The hearing was adjourned to allow the parties to make further submissions regarding rehabilitation.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after making unwanted physical contact with a co-worker in a windowless storage room.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of failing to maintain professional standards, engaging in disgraceful or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the successful completion of a course on professional boundaries.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for physically slapping a student and making numerous inappropriate, profane, and disparaging comments to students over two academic years.

The member pled guilty to the allegations and admitted the facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical, verbal, and psychological abuse of students.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of coursework on boundaries and anger management, noting the member's prior discipline history and mitigating factors including a medical leave of absence.

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing for a teacher found guilty of professional misconduct for making inappropriate comments to students and sexually harassing colleagues.

The College sought a 6-9 month suspension, while the self-represented member argued against any suspension, demonstrating a lack of insight into his behaviour.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and the completion of a culturally relevant professional boundaries course, finding this penalty proportionate and consistent with prior decisions.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a penalty hearing after finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered that the member receive a reprimand, serve a three-month suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and complete a pre-approved course on professional boundaries and boundary violations before returning to a teaching position.

The appellant teacher appealed a finding of professional misconduct and the resulting penalty imposed by the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers.

The misconduct arose from the appellant's aggressive and intimidating behaviour towards public health nurses and students during a school immunization clinic, where he expressed opposition to vaccines.

The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding that the Discipline Committee's findings of misconduct and the imposed penalty, which included a one-month suspension and a two-year prohibition from attending school health clinics, were reasonable and supported by the evidence.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making inappropriate comments to students and failing to maintain professional boundaries over several years.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, finding the Member guilty of psychological or emotional abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, noting the Member had already resigned and provided an undertaking not to teach in Ontario without completing remedial coursework.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct.

The College withdrew certain allegations.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct contrary to subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The Committee accepted the Member's resignation and undertaking not to teach in Ontario, and ordered a reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for alleged professional misconduct during the 2013-2014 academic year.

The allegations included making inappropriate and sexually suggestive comments to students and colleagues, and engaging in inappropriate physical contact.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the standards of the profession, psychologically or emotionally abusing students, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional, and unbecoming conduct.

The Committee found that the member made inappropriate comments about a student's weight, embarrassed students, pinched a student's cheeks, and sexually harassed colleagues.

Allegations of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse were not proven.

The appellant physician, found guilty of professional misconduct for inadequate record keeping and sterile technique, brought a motion to extend the time to perfect his appeal until the Court of Appeal released its decision in a separate case involving sexual abuse penalties.

The court dismissed the motion, finding that the pending decision would not affect the appellant's case, as his misconduct did not involve sexual abuse, and the disciplinary committee's reference to the other case was not central to its penalty decision.

The appellant was ordered to perfect his appeal within 30 days.

The plaintiff, IMG Canada Limited, sued General Motors of Canada Limited and MacLaren McCann Canada Inc. for breach of an alleged oral two-year sponsorship agreement and, alternatively, for negligent misrepresentation.

IMG claimed an oral contract was formed on November 3, 2015, for Cadillac's sponsorship of Taste of Toronto 2016 and 2017.

The court found no oral agreement due to a lack of certainty of essential terms (specifically price) and no intention to create a legally binding agreement, as evidenced by ongoing negotiations and the requirement for a formal written contract.

The negligent misrepresentation claim, alleging Momentum failed to communicate Cadillac's concerns, was also dismissed because the plaintiff could not prove damages resulted from the alleged misrepresentation, as it was too late to mitigate losses by the time the misrepresentation occurred.

All claims were dismissed.

The Member, a teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct for repeatedly rubbing the upper thigh of a young female student over the course of one and a half academic years.

The Discipline Committee found that this conduct constituted physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, and a failure to maintain the standards of the profession.

The Committee rejected the College's proposed penalty of a one-month suspension as too lenient, instead ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and the completion of remedial coursework on boundary violations and professional ethics.

The Member, a teacher and department head, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for purchasing stolen goods from a student, encouraging other teachers to do the same, and allowing the student to take school property in exchange.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty.

The Member was found guilty of failing to maintain the standards of the profession, engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month retroactive suspension, and the successful completion of a professional ethics course.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after dropping a binder on a disruptive student's fingers to get his attention.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and found the member guilty of failing to maintain the standards of the profession, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in unprofessional and unbecoming conduct.

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

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate private electronic communications with two female students via Twitter.

The communications included asking a student to meet him alone and confessing to having a crush on her best friend.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain professional standards and psychological or emotional abuse of a student.

The Committee ordered that the Member receive a reprimand, with the fact of the reprimand recorded on the College's Register.

A high school teacher left his classroom unsupervised to disrupt a public health immunization clinic at the school.

He aggressively questioned nurses about vaccine ingredients, told students they could die from the vaccines, and intimidated both staff and students.

The Discipline Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct, including psychological abuse of a student, failure to supervise his class, and disgraceful or unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension, remedial coursework, and a two-year prohibition from attending school health clinics.

The appellant suffered a brain injury resulting in anterograde amnesia and confabulation.

The respondent psychiatrist found the appellant incapable of managing her property under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992, a finding confirmed by the Consent and Capacity Board.

The appellant appealed to the Superior Court of Justice.

The court applied a reasonableness standard of review and dismissed the appeal, finding the Board's conclusion was supported by the evidence despite the appellant's limited assets.

This is an appeal from a Consent and Capacity Board (CCB) decision ordering the substitute decision-maker (SDM) to consent to the withdrawal of life support for her husband.

The appellant, the husband's wife, challenged the CCB's jurisdiction to make a decision binding on her and its finding that cessation of life support was in the patient's best interests.

The court affirmed the CCB's decision, finding its procedural approach reasonable and its determination of the patient's best interests supported by the evidence, including the adequacy of accommodations for the appellant's communication disabilities.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a penalty hearing for a retired member found guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate and personal communications with young students via Facebook and email.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and terms and conditions requiring the successful completion of a course on appropriate boundaries before commencing any teaching position.

The Member, a retired teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct after pleading guilty to allegations stemming from his conviction in the United Kingdom for making and taking indecent photographs of children.

The Member's laptop contained over 1700 pornographic images and videos of children.

He subsequently applied for and obtained a teaching position in Ontario without disclosing his criminal convictions.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, revoking the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, and ordering the publication of the decision with the Member's name.