DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS
IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder;
AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against
Robert Alexander St Louis, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers.
PANEL: Vicki Shannon, OCT, Chair Jane Ishibashi Tom Potter
BETWEEN:
ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS Eli Mogil, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, for Ontario College of Teachers, assisted by Shannon Baker, Law Clerk
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ROBERT ALEXANDER ST LOUIS (CERTIFICATE #185567) Susan Chapman, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP, for Robert Alexander St Louis
Robin McKechney, Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, Independent Legal Counsel
Heard: April 18, 2017
ORAL DECISION AND ORDER
This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on April 18, 2017 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto.
The Member was not in attendance for the hearing. He had legal representation, but his lawyer was not present at the hearing.
DECISION
Having considered the evidence and the submissions of College Counsel, the Committee finds that the facts support a finding of professional misconduct. In particular, the Committee finds that the Member committed acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(7.1), 1(7.2), 1(7.3), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19).
PENALTY DECISION
The Committee makes the following order as to penalty:
The Committee directs that the Registrar of the Ontario College of Teachers immediately revoke the Certificate of Qualification and Registration of the Member, which Certificate the Member is to immediately surrender to the Registrar; and
The Committee directs that the Member receive a written reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers.
Date: April 18, 2017
Vicki Shannon, OCT Chair, Discipline Panel
Jane Ishibashi Member, Discipline Panel
Tom Potter Member, Discipline Panel