Glynnis Danielle MacDonald Hawe

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to report multiple criminal charges and a finding of guilt for driving while intoxicated in Texas, as well as disciplinary action by the Texas Board of Nursing.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts, acknowledging that her conduct was dishonourable and unprofessional, though mitigated by an active substance abuse disorder for which she was now in recovery.

The Discipline Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member committed professional misconduct and ordering an oral reprimand, noting that the Member had concurrently signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The appellant dentist appealed a discipline committee decision finding he engaged in sexual abuse of a patient and committed professional misconduct by co-signing a mortgage with another patient.

The committee revoked his certificate of registration and ordered him to pay costs and therapy expenses.

On appeal, the appellant argued the patient was his spouse under the statutory exception, relying on an alleged foreign divorce and religious marriage.

The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, upholding the committee's finding that the sexual relationship commenced before the alleged marriage, rendering the spousal exception inapplicable.

The mandatory penalty of revocation and the costs awards were also upheld.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with a patient, providing her home address to the patient, and failing to report a colleague's sexual relationship with another patient.

The matter proceeded by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct and that her conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 9-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a Registered Practical Nurse for advertising sexual massage services on Kijiji using his protected nursing title and wearing scrubs.

The member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that his conduct breached the College's Code of Conduct and Professional Standards.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct that was dishonourable and unprofessional.

The panel accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, noting the member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply.

In a professional discipline matter, the registrant sought reconsideration after failing to deliver written submissions on penalty and costs by the agreed deadline.

The Panel held it was functus once it had released its final decision and found no authority in the governing legislation or committee rules to reopen the matter.

In any event, it would not have exercised any such discretion because counsel ignored follow-up communications, sought no extension, and offered no adequate explanation for the delay.

The request to reconsider the released penalty and costs decision was refused.

In a professional discipline penalty and costs decision, the panel addressed the mandatory consequences of a finding that a registrant sexually abused a patient by engaging in sexual intercourse.

Applying the mandatory penalty provisions, the panel held that revocation and a reprimand were required.

The panel also ordered reimbursement to the College for therapy and counselling funding already accessed by the patient and found this to be an appropriate case for a substantial costs order because the member’s conduct unnecessarily prolonged the hearing and increased expense.

The College recovered two-thirds of its actual costs, and the patient-identity publication restriction remained in place.

The Member, a registered nurse, was referred to the Discipline Committee for failing to cooperate with the College's Quality Assurance Committee and failing to complete a required practice assessment.

Despite multiple extensions and offers of accommodation, the Member failed to complete the requirements and subsequently practiced in violation of terms, conditions, and limitations placed on her certificate of registration.

The matter proceeded by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct.

The Member admitted to failing to obey two Community Health Protection Orders related to inadequate infection prevention and control measures during foot care services, including a failure to sterilize instruments.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including remediation and employer notification.

Following a finding that the member sexually abused a patient by engaging in intercourse, the College brought a written motion for an immediate interim suspension pending penalty and for an expedited penalty hearing.

The member did not oppose the relief sought.

The panel held that s. 51(4.2) of the Health Professions Procedural Code required an immediate suspension where the sexual abuse involved intercourse and left no discretion.

The motion was granted and the penalty hearing was directed to proceed on an expedited basis.

In a professional discipline hearing, the panel found that a dentist committed professional misconduct by engaging in sexual relations with a patient who was not his spouse within the meaning of the governing health professions legislation.

The panel rejected the respondent’s position that a same-day proxy Islamic divorce and private Islamic marriage rendered the patient his spouse, finding the evidence unreliable and, in any event, insufficient for recognition under Canadian law.

The panel also found a boundary violation where the respondent co-signed a patient’s mortgage and became a co-mortgagee on the property.

The allegations were proven on a balance of probabilities, including sexual abuse of a patient and disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional or unethical conduct.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to appropriately assess, document, and intervene when a patient exhibited signs of deteriorating health, and for failing to initiate resuscitation when the patient was found without vital signs.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

During a trial of an issue on damages arising from an application, the applicant objected to numerous pieces of viva voce evidence introduced by the respondents.

The court had previously directed that the damages trial proceed on the closed record as it existed when the application was initially argued.

The court applied a bright-line test, ruling that any evidence not actually found in the underlying application record was inadmissible to prevent trial by ambush.

The court sustained the majority of the applicant's objections, rejecting the respondents' arguments that the new evidence was merely a permissible amplification of the existing record or a necessary response to the applicant's expert.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her care of a 99-year-old palliative patient.

The Member admitted to failing to conduct a timely pain assessment and administer pain medication despite multiple requests, and to using a towel soiled with vomit to clean the patient's mouth.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

A Joint Submission on Order was accepted, resulting in an oral reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for failing to apply fall prevention interventions, failing to assess a deteriorating patient, and falsifying health records.

The hearing proceeded on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to report criminal charges and a finding of guilt for forgery to the College.

Additionally, the Member submitted an employment application for a Registered Nurse position containing false information about her credentials, holding herself out as another member, and using the restricted title 'Registered Nurse'.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a 5-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including leaving a long-term care facility during a night shift without arranging alternative care, making medication documentation errors, and failing to document a physician's order and a conversation with a substitute decision-maker.

The member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for failing to conduct required periodic assessments of a patient in a seniors mental health unit and for falsifying the patient's health record to indicate the checks had occurred.

The patient was subsequently found deceased in her room.

The nurse admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the nurse's certificate of registration.

The appellants, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and CIBC Mellon Global Securities Services Company, sought an order staying a lower court judgment pending appeal.

They argued that the application judge's amendments to his reasons for judgment created a reasonable apprehension of bias.

The motion judge, Lauwers J.A., dismissed the motion, finding that the appellants failed to demonstrate a real likelihood or probability of bias.

The court applied the three-part test for a stay (serious issue, irreparable harm, balance of convenience) and the overarching interests of justice, concluding that a stay was not warranted.

Leave was granted to file a Supplementary Notice of Appeal.

The Respondents brought a motion seeking the recusal of the presiding judge and a declaration of mistrial, alleging a reasonable apprehension of bias.

The allegations stemmed from the judge's conduct and rulings in three prior decisions related to the ongoing application, specifically claiming predisposition towards the Applicant, disparagement of the Respondents, and insinuation into the appeal process.

The Court dismissed the motion, finding that, when viewed realistically and in full context, the judge's actions did not give rise to a reasonable apprehension of bias.

The decision emphasized that adverse rulings, even if potentially erroneous, do not equate to bias and should be addressed through the appeal process.

Costs were awarded to the Applicant.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for disclosing a patient's personal health information to a colleague without consent or clinical purpose.

The nurse admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that her conduct breached confidentiality standards and constituted professional misconduct.

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

The nurse was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for one month, and conditions were imposed requiring meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.