Erica Richler

The appellant, a licensed condominium manager, appealed a Notice of Proposal to revoke his licence.

The Registrar alleged the appellant transferred $500,000 from a condominium corporation's reserve fund to a company he wholly owned, and then to another company where he was Chairman, without proper disclosure or written approval from the condominium board.

The appellant also provided false documents claiming the investment complied with the Condominium Act.

The Tribunal found the appellant breached conflict of interest and false information provisions of the Condominium Management Services Act, demonstrating he would not perform his duties with honesty and integrity.

The Tribunal directed the Registrar to revoke the appellant's licence.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for touching a colleague without her consent on multiple occasions.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, specifically engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and the successful completion of coursework on professional boundaries.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct relating to the possession of child pornography on his cell phone and SD card.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including engaging in a prohibited act involving child pornography, disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and a written reprimand.

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

The member entered a plea of no contest and the parties presented a joint submission on penalty.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct contrary to subsections 1(18) and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of coursework on professional boundaries.

The member, a high school deputy principal, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a personal and secretive relationship with a student, which included grooming behaviour, inappropriate electronic communications, and remarks of a sexual nature.

The member pled no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested 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 the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and a written reprimand.

The Member, a teacher, was charged criminally with possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of codeine, as well as breaching a recognizance.

The criminal charges were ultimately withdrawn due to excessive delay.

In a discipline proceeding before the Ontario College of Teachers, the Member pled no contest to allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional, and unbecoming conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a 9-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course prior to returning to teaching.

The Member, an occasional teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for posting false, misleading, and discriminatory statements on her public Facebook page.

The posts included COVID-19 misinformation, anti-masking sentiments, and discriminatory comments regarding immigrants, refugees, and transgender athletes.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on professional boundaries and the appropriate use of social media.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of verbal and psychological abuse, disgraceful conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

The uncontested facts established that the member made inappropriate and insensitive comments to students regarding their academic progress and mental health, and left a lighter and a bong unsecured in a classroom.

The Discipline Committee 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 coursework on classroom management and sensitivity training.

The Member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing for failing to immediately report a student's allegation that another teacher had touched her inappropriately.

Instead of reporting the matter to the appropriate authorities, the Member told the student to stop talking about it and relied on the student's assurance that her father would report it to the school office.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with the College's ethical standards, engaging in unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and noted that the Member had already completed a required course on professional ethics and the duty to report.

The Appellants appealed a decision and order regarding contraventions of the Tires Regulation under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016.

At the first Case Management Conference, the Appellants requested a five-day hearing, which the Respondent opposed.

The Tribunal declined to schedule hearing dates without a draft Procedural Order and Issues List.

The Tribunal scheduled a further Case Management Conference and directed the parties to submit a Draft Procedural Order and Issues List.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, including allegations of sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse of multiple female students.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which involved inappropriate touching, sexual remarks, and grooming behaviour.

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

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

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after taping two young students to their chairs with masking tape as a classroom management technique.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of psychological or emotional abuse, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the successful completion of a classroom management course before returning to teaching.

The Member, a teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct for verbally and psychologically abusing a special needs student.

At the request of the student's parents, the Member ran a 'boot camp' at her home to discipline the student, which involved physical labour such as carrying a cinder block and scooping water from a pool.

The Member filmed the student and shared the video without permission, and also reprimanded the student inappropriately via videoconference.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the completion of coursework on classroom management and appropriate discipline.

The Member, a teacher, faced disciplinary proceedings for failing to immediately report a student's allegation that another teacher had touched her inappropriately.

Instead of reporting the matter to the proper authorities, the Member told the student he could not hear details about a colleague and assumed his reporting duty was fulfilled when he learned the principal was aware of the allegation.

The Member pleaded no contest to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with the ethical standards of the profession and the duty to report.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and noted that the Member had already completed the required coursework on professional ethics and the duty to report.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a vice-principal for failing to report allegations that a teacher was inappropriately touching students.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with the regulations, engaging in unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the member to complete a course on professional ethics focusing on the duty to report.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for sexually abusing a student by kissing her cheek and touching her vaginal area.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations based on findings from a prior criminal proceeding.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a written reprimand, immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate, and reimbursement to the College for any funding provided under the Therapy and Counselling Program.

The appellant appealed a Notice of Proposal by the Registrar to revoke her limited licence and refuse her a general licence under the Condominium Management Services Act, 2015.

The Registrar alleged the appellant acted as a condominium manager while in undisclosed conflicts of interest with service providers, approved expenditures exceeding her limited licence authority, and attempted to interfere with a complaint against her.

The Tribunal found the Registrar established reasonable grounds for belief that the appellant would not perform the activities of a licensee in accordance with law and with integrity and honesty.

The Tribunal concluded that conditions would not sufficiently protect the public and directed the Registrar to carry out the proposal.

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

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, finding that the Member engaged in professional misconduct and sexually abused a student.

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.