Terri Hilborn

The Member, a registered nurse and teacher, pleaded guilty to defrauding the Hamilton Health Sciences Centre of over $1,000,000 and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

In the discipline proceeding before the Ontario College of Teachers, the Member pleaded no contest to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee revoked the Member's teaching certificate.

The Committee also ordered that the Member's name be published in the College's official publication, finding that the severity of the misconduct and the need for general deterrence outweighed the Member's desire for anonymity.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct against the member set out in the Notice of Hearing.

On consent of the parties, the Discipline Committee granted the motion and authorized the withdrawal of the allegations.

The applicant sought judicial review of an Ontario Labour Relations Board decision assigning the teaching of the Life and Learning Skills program for students aged 14 and older in secondary schools to members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation.

The applicant argued the work should belong to elementary teachers because the academic content was at the primary level.

The Divisional Court dismissed the application, finding the OLRB correctly interpreted the Education Act by considering the physical location, educational purpose, and body of pupils, and reasonably applied labour relations principles to conclude the work belonged to secondary school teachers.