Jane Langford

The respondents brought a motion to transfer the hearing of an application regarding a road access dispute from Toronto to Parry Sound.

The applicants, who reside in British Columbia, commenced the application in Toronto.

The court considered the factors under Rule 13.1.02(2)(b) of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

While the events occurred in Parry Sound and the subject property is located there, the court found that transferring the matter would not be desirable in the interests of justice, primarily because an expeditious hearing date had already been set in Toronto and it was unclear if a timely hearing could be accommodated in Parry Sound.

The motion was dismissed.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a penalty hearing after finding the member guilty of professional misconduct for making derogatory comments to students about his former wife's weight.

The College sought an oral reprimand, a language sensitivity course, and unnamed publication.

The member sought no penalty or unrecorded counselling.

The Committee ordered the member to complete a pre-approved language sensitivity course before accepting employment requiring a teaching certificate.

The Committee also ordered that the finding and order be published in the College's official publication without the member's name, and that the finding not be recorded on the Register due to the minor and historical nature of the misconduct.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought numerous allegations of professional misconduct against a high school teacher, alleging he made denigrating, sexual, and racist comments to students, staff, and parents.

After a lengthy hearing spanning three years, the Discipline Committee dismissed the vast majority of the 61 alleged incidents, finding the evidence insufficient or the conduct not rising to the level of professional misconduct.

However, the Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for making derogatory comments in class about his ex-wife's weight, which it deemed unprofessional.

The Member, a Superintendent of Educational Services, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to adequately supervise and engaging in conduct unbecoming a member.

During the administration of the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), the Member was present at a meeting where teachers advised scribes not to seal completed test booklets, contrary to EQAO protocols.

The Member remained silent, which constituted tacit agreement and a failure to discharge his supervisory responsibilities.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of his certificate, and publication of the decision.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriately touching female elementary students on multiple occasions between 1969 and 2001.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and resigned his teaching certificate, stating his intention never to teach in Ontario again.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordering a reprimand and publication of the decision with the member's name.

At a discipline hearing, the Ontario College of Teachers sought leave to withdraw the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing against the member, as the College was unable to call any evidence in support of the allegations.

The member consented to the withdrawal.

The Discipline Panel granted the application and ordered the Notice of Hearing withdrawn.

The member, a high school English teacher, engaged in inappropriate conversations and contacts with female students, including seeking them out at work, providing unsolicited gifts, and inviting them on out-of-school trips.

When an investigation was launched, he contacted students despite being warned not to.

The member pled no contest to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct and accepting his voluntary resignation of his teaching certificate, with an undertaking not to seek reinstatement for two years.

The member, a secondary school teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct arising from voluntary question-and-answer sessions on sexual matters with student team members in hotel rooms during athletic road trips.

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

The member was ordered to be reprimanded and conditions were imposed on his certificate of qualification, including the completion of a course on appropriate teacher-student boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers sought leave to withdraw the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing against the Member due to insufficient evidence.

The Member consented to the withdrawal.

The Discipline Committee granted the application and ordered the Notice of Hearing withdrawn.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct and incompetence related to the sexual abuse of multiple students.

The member had previously pleaded guilty to criminal charges of sexual assault.

Before the Discipline Committee, the member admitted to the facts, pleaded guilty to several allegations, and pleaded no contest to others.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and the publication of his name in the College's official publication.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct related to his employment as a probationary Grade 8 French teacher.

The member experienced severe difficulties with classroom management, failed to provide adequate lesson plans, and verbally abused students.

Despite extensive support and resources provided by the school administration, the member's performance remained unsatisfactory, leading to his resignation.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a six-month suspension of the member's certificate, postponed for one year on the condition that he complete coursework in classroom management and lesson planning, and provide satisfactory performance appraisals.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct and incompetence.

The member, who did not attend the hearing, had a history of using inappropriate physical force against students and had accumulated multiple criminal convictions, including assault, dangerous driving, uttering death threats, and failing to comply with court orders.

An expert in threat assessment testified that the member fit the typology of a simple obsessional stalker and posed a high risk for potential violence.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and incompetence, and ordered the immediate revocation of his teaching certificate.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a teacher for professional misconduct and incompetence.

The member was alleged to have failed to maintain professional standards, verbally abused students, and demonstrated a lack of classroom management skills and punctuality across multiple school assignments.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and incompetence, noting her failure to teach the curriculum, improper student evaluations, verbal abuse of students, and frequent unauthorized absences.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration.

The member, who had never been employed as a teacher, was convicted of five counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault against an adult female, and two counts of assault against a male child.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that the violent behaviour strongly impacted his suitability to be a teacher.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, with conditions for any future application for reinstatement.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who failed to maintain professional standards and was charged criminally with uttering threats against school staff.

The member had a history of poor performance appraisals, inappropriate classroom behaviour, and unauthorized absences.

After uttering threats to kill a colleague and his family, the member was arrested and subsequently dismissed from his employment.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered the immediate revocation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The appellant appealed an assessment of a party-and-party bill of costs for a motion for leave to appeal and a one-day appeal.

The Assessment Officer had assessed the successful respondent's counsel fee at $35,000.

The Court of Appeal found the assessed counsel fee to be unreasonably high, noting that the appeal involved a single question of law on uncontested facts that had already been argued in the Divisional Court.

The appeal was allowed and the counsel fee was reduced to $17,500.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a school principal, alleging professional misconduct and incompetence for failing to adequately respond to a student's escalating aggressive and sexually inappropriate behaviour.

The student's classroom teacher and parents had reported numerous incidents to the school's vice-principal and social worker.

The majority of the Discipline Committee dismissed the charges, finding that the principal met the minimum standard of performance and was not informed of the full extent of the problem until late in the school year, at which point he took immediate action.

A dissenting member would have found the principal guilty of professional misconduct for failing to proactively supervise his inexperienced vice-principal and failing to act in a timely manner.

The applicant coalition sought judicial review of a coroner's decision denying them standing at an inquest into the death of a psychiatric patient.

The Divisional Court dismissed the application, finding the coroner made no serious error in principle in applying the tests for direct interest and public interest standing.

The court also rejected the applicant's argument that they were denied procedural fairness by not receiving the coroner's full brief prior to the standing hearing.