Julie Maciura

The member, an optometrist, faced allegations of professional misconduct for providing unnecessary diagnostic and treatment services, inappropriate billing of OHIP and patients, making unsupported diagnoses, and failing to maintain adequate records.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted the joint submission, ordering a reprimand, a 3.5-month suspension, practice monitoring, educational courses, and $25,000 in costs.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct in his absence.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and imposed conditions requiring the successful completion of courses in classroom management and anger management with a focus on student sensitivity training.

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, an optometrist, faced allegations of professional misconduct for sexually abusing three patients who were also his employees, making inappropriate and sexual comments in patient records, and applying white-out to records to conceal information during a College investigation.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a public reprimand, a four-month suspension, completion of ethics courses, $48,180 in security for patient therapy, and $30,000 in costs.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a retired member who had been convicted of two counts of sexual assault against former students.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct based on his criminal convictions for sexually assaulting two male students in the 1980s while offering after-school assistance.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, finding that his egregious abuse of his position of trust and authority warranted the most severe penalty available.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to report a student's disclosure of physical abuse by her father to the Children's Aid Society, contrary to his duty under the Child and Family Services Act.

Instead of reporting, the Member attempted to mediate the situation with the parents and told the student's homeroom teacher to make her own call.

The Member had previously pleaded guilty in criminal court to failing to report a child in need of protection.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and noting that the Member had already completed required coursework on professional boundaries and the duty to report.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to maintain appropriate professional boundaries and engaging in inappropriate physical contact with a student.

The member signed the student out of class, drove her home, took her out for coffee or lunch, and kissed her on the cheek.

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

The member was reprimanded, suspended for three months, and required to complete a course on boundary violations.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a teacher for allegedly dismissing students early, allowing an unauthorized female visitor into the school during school hours, and engaging in sexual activity with the visitor in his school office.

The Discipline Committee found the teacher guilty of professional misconduct.

While the early dismissal of students was found not to constitute misconduct in the circumstances, the Committee accepted the evidence of the school principal and a custodian, corroborated by security footage, that the teacher violated the school's visitor policy and engaged in sexual intercourse on school property.

The Committee drew an adverse inference against the teacher for failing to call the visitor as a witness and concluded his actions breached the standards of the profession, the Education Act, and constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unbecoming conduct.

The member, an optometrist, faced allegations of professional misconduct for practicing while in a conflict of interest, sharing fees with a non-member, and practicing through an unauthorized professional corporation.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, terms and conditions on the member's certificate including an essay and independent contractor agreement oversight, and $7,500 in costs.

The College of Optometrists of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against Dr. Gordon Ng for submitting false OHIP claims and failing to maintain patient records.

Dr. Ng pled guilty to the allegations, acknowledging his prior provincial offences convictions for OHIP fraud.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 14-week suspension, completion of an ethics course, and $5,000 in costs.

The College of Teachers brought a motion to withdraw an allegation of sexual abuse against the member, presenting an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea that did not include an admission to sexual abuse.

The Discipline Committee rejected the joint submission and denied the motion to withdraw the allegation, finding that the admitted facts—which included inappropriate touching and remarks of a sexual nature—met the statutory definition of sexual abuse.

The Committee concluded that accepting the agreement would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute and be contrary to the public interest.

The Member, a retired teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for developing an inappropriate personal relationship with a student.

The Member exchanged personal electronic messages, sent pictures of himself, took the student out for meals, and made inappropriate comments about having a relationship once she was no longer his student.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 16-month suspension, and a requirement to complete a course on professional boundaries before returning to teaching.

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

The member had resigned from the teaching profession in 2007 and signed an Undertaking and Acknowledgment agreeing never to seek reinstatement or work in a position requiring College membership.

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

The appellant massage therapist appealed a penalty decision of the Discipline Committee imposing an eight-month suspension for professional misconduct.

The appellant argued the penalty was unreasonable because the Tribunal erroneously found he admitted to touching the complainant's sensitive areas.

The Divisional Court agreed, finding the admissions were not clear and unambiguous regarding sensitive areas.

The appeal was allowed, and the penalty was reduced to the four-week suspension already served.

The member faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and psychologically abusing students, making racist and homophobic comments, engaging in workplace violence against a colleague, and having an inappropriate romantic relationship with a recently graduated former student.

The member did not attend the hearing but submitted an agreed statement of facts and guilty plea.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and, accepting a joint submission on penalty, ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct, including keeping marijuana cigarettes in his van parked on school property where students accessed them, and failing to maintain appropriate boundaries by making inappropriate sexual remarks and touching a student.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty.

The member was ordered to receive a reprimand, serve a 12-month suspension of his teaching certificate, and complete coursework on appropriate boundaries and professional ethics.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, alleging verbal and psychological abuse of students.

The member pleaded guilty to the allegations, admitting to making inappropriate, demeaning, and intimidating comments to students, such as calling them 'morons' and 'idiots', and engaging in aggressive behaviour like slamming his fist and throwing chalk.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and imposing a condition that the member complete an anger management course before returning to any teaching position.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct, alleging she engaged in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with a student.

The member had previously been convicted of sexual exploitation under the Criminal Code for the same conduct.

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

As the conduct involved sexual abuse, the Committee was required by statute to order the mandatory penalty of a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the Member, who had passed away.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion pursuant to Rule 13.13 of its Rules of Procedure, finding that the withdrawal was reasonable, appropriate, and in the public interest given the Member's death.

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

The College submitted there was no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct due to insufficient evidence.

The member's counsel agreed, noting that a Children's Aid Society investigation had already found the member did not violate the duty to report under the Child and Family Services Act.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion and authorized the withdrawal of the allegations, finding it was not in the public interest to proceed where there was no reasonable prospect of a finding.