Rebecca Durcan

The Member, a teacher and coach, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making inappropriate, sexualized comments and engaging in unwanted physical contact with female student athletes.

The Member pled guilty to professional misconduct, including verbal, physical, and emotional abuse, as well as sexual misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and mandatory boundary training.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse, relating to an ongoing inappropriate personal and romantic relationship with a student.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts detailing grooming behaviour, inappropriate electronic communications, and meeting the student alone in his vehicle.

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 a reprimand.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for repeatedly engaging in inappropriate electronic communications with students, altering student photos, and using a false identity on social media to contact a student regarding a school yearbook, contrary to his principal's directions.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and found the Member committed professional misconduct including verbal and emotional abuse.

A majority of the panel accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and completion of a course on boundaries and professional ethics.

One panel member dissented on penalty, finding a 12-month suspension was warranted given the severity of the boundary violations and the Member's prior disciplinary history.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving verbal, physical, and psychological abuse of multiple students over several years.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to incidents such as hitting a student with a workbook, grabbing students, and yelling in close proximity to them.

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

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

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct arising from inappropriate electronic communications with students on a school board social media platform.

The communications included sexualized language, disparaging comments about students and staff, and the sharing of confidential information.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a course on professional boundaries and social media use.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and physically abusing a student.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to raising her voice in anger at students and making unnecessary physical contact with a student that caused him to fall off his chair.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of coursework addressing professional boundaries and classroom management.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, including allegations of sexual abuse of a student.

The member pleaded no contest to an agreed statement of facts detailing an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with a vulnerable student, which included lengthy electronic communications and clandestine meetings.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and disgraceful conduct.

Applying the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and issued a reprimand.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found the member engaged in professional misconduct.

The panel accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and the completion of coursework on boundaries and professional ethics.

One panel member dissented on the length of the suspension, stating a 12-month suspension would have been appropriate.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a teacher for failing to maintain appropriate boundaries with students, including communicating on social media against directions, allowing students to apply lotion to her back, and playing videogames in class.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension, and mandatory coursework on professional boundaries and social media communication.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making inappropriate comments and engaging in inappropriate physical contact with students.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal, physical, and psychological abuse, as well as sexual misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 10-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the completion of a course on professional boundaries.

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

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which included making racist, demeaning, and inappropriate comments to students, as well as inappropriate physical contact.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member resigned from the College and undertook never to teach again.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and an 8-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who had been criminally convicted of sexually assaulting two students and assaulting a female colleague.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of students, physical abuse, and psychological abuse.

The member's conduct violated multiple standards of the profession and the Education Act.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, which applied retrospectively, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and directed that the member receive a written reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member.

The Member did not attend but entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The Discipline Committee found the Member engaged in professional misconduct under multiple subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The penalty phase was adjourned for further submissions on how the proposed penalty meets the goals of student protection and public confidence.

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

The member did not attend the electronic hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct and sexual misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996.

The panel reserved its decision and reasons on penalty and costs, to be released with full written reasons for the finding.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving the sexual abuse of a student.

The member had previously been convicted of sexual exploitation under the Criminal Code for engaging in a sexual relationship with the student over several years.

The member pled guilty to the professional misconduct allegations.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a written reprimand and the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate, as mandated by the Ontario College of Teachers Act for cases of sexual abuse.

The member brought a motion to adjourn the continuation of his discipline hearing due to medical issues.

The College consented to the adjournment on the condition that the member sign an Undertaking and Acknowledgement agreeing not to teach until the matter is adjudicated.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment, finding that the medical issues were an appropriate reason and the public interest was protected by the undertaking.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for showing inappropriate videos containing violence, nudity, and inappropriate language to students, and for failing to adequately supervise students, which resulted in property damage and put a student's safety at risk.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and the successful completion of a course on boundary violations, professional ethics, and classroom management.

The Member, a secondary school teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for teaching students swear words, asking students to demonstrate a greeting involving physical contact that made a student uncomfortable, and allowing a student to drive her car on school property.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course in classroom management.

The appellant architect appealed a decision of the Registration Committee of the Ontario Association of Architects, which reinstated his licence with conditions but refused to reinstate his certificate of practice.

The Registrar's Notice of Proposal to refuse reinstatement was based solely on concerns related to a partial building collapse at the appellant's property.

However, the Committee based its refusal primarily on the appellant's history of fee defaults and poor interactions with the Association, which were not included in the Notice.

The Divisional Court allowed the appeal, finding that the Committee committed an error of law by denying the appellant procedural fairness and natural justice due to the lack of notice.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a Vice-Principal for professional misconduct.

The Member admitted to engaging in inappropriate banter with colleagues, accepting a Board-issued cheque for personal travel expenses, disseminating teaching materials without authorization, and altering a colleague's university records to support a U.S. citizenship application, which resulted in criminal convictions for forgery.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Member's guilty plea and found him guilty of professional misconduct, including disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee dismissed one allegation regarding the failure to keep records due to insufficient evidence.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, an 18-month suspension, and the completion of courses on boundary violations and ethical standards.