Vladimira Martina Ivanov

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a teacher for alleged harassment of colleagues and physical, verbal, psychological, and sexual abuse of students.

The Discipline Committee found that the teacher engaged in a sustained campaign of harassment against a colleague and subjected students to angry outbursts, swearing, threats, and inappropriate touching.

The Committee found the teacher guilty of professional misconduct on all grounds except sexual abuse, concluding the evidence was insufficient to establish the touching was sexual in nature.

Given the severity of the misconduct, the teacher's lack of remorse, and his refusal to participate in the proceedings, the Committee found him to be ungovernable and ordered the revocation of his teaching certificate.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in a romantic and sexual relationship with a student during the 2012-2013 academic year.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty and directed the Registrar to immediately revoke the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, noting that the Member took advantage of the authority and trust placed in her as a teacher.

The Member, facing allegations of professional misconduct including physical and psychological abuse of a child, brought a motion for the production of third-party records under the O'Connor framework.

The requested records included medical files of the complainant and the child, employment records, and investigative files from the Children's Aid Society and police.

The Discipline Committee denied the request for the medical records, finding them not likely relevant and noting the high privacy interests involved.

The Committee also denied further employment records.

However, the Committee ordered the production of the CAS and police investigative files, subject to redactions for contact information, finding them relevant to the investigation of the incident at issue.

The member was previously found guilty of professional misconduct and incompetence regarding her teaching performance and failure to maintain professional standards.

In this penalty decision, the Discipline Committee ordered the member to appear for an oral reprimand, complete additional coursework before returning to teaching, and undergo two teacher performance appraisals upon her return.

The Committee distinguished a prior case that only involved incompetence, noting that the member's failure to engage with support and her professional misconduct warranted a reprimand to address deterrence and public protection.

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

The member did not attend the hearing and was not represented.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed acts of professional misconduct contrary to several subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct and incompetence following three unsatisfactory teacher performance appraisals.

The Discipline Committee qualified the member's former principal as a participant expert, who testified to the member's significant deficiencies in classroom management, differentiated instruction, and assessment practices.

The Committee found the member incompetent and guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the standards of the profession and failing to comply with the duties of a teacher under the Education Act.

A penalty hearing was ordered to be scheduled.

The Member, a retired teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for repeatedly approaching a female student, making her feel uncomfortable, and showing her a photograph of herself that he had downloaded from her Instagram account.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on professional boundaries before returning to teaching.

The Committee also ordered publication of the decision with the Member's name, finding that the need for deterrence and transparency outweighed the Member's privacy interests.

The appellant appealed a decision of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers, which found she made false reports of abuse against a fellow teacher and revoked her teaching certificate.

The Divisional Court applied a reasonableness standard of review and found no basis to interfere with the Committee's factual findings or credibility assessments.

The court also upheld the penalty of revocation, finding it fell within the range of reasonable outcomes given the serious nature of falsely accusing a colleague of abuse.

The appeal was dismissed with costs.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct for sending sexually suggestive and personal text and Facebook messages to current and former students over a three-year period.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and completion of a boundary course.

The Committee also ordered publication of the decision with the Member's name, emphasizing the need for specific and general deterrence given the serious violation of teacher-student boundaries.

The Member, a retired teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate physical contact with a student, playing inappropriate videos in class, and making comments that made female students uncomfortable.

The Member pleaded guilty to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession, psychological or emotional abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and a requirement to complete a course on boundary violations and professional ethics before returning to teaching.

The appellant was successful in an oppression action against the respondents.

The respondents had served an offer to settle nine calendar days before trial, which technically amounted to fewer than seven days under the Rules of Civil Procedure.

The trial judge treated the offer as a valid Rule 49 offer and awarded costs accordingly.

On appeal, the Court of Appeal held that the 'no near miss' policy applies to the timing requirement under rule 49.03, meaning the offer was not a valid Rule 49 offer.

However, the Court upheld the costs award, finding that the trial judge was entitled to take the offer into account under his residual discretion pursuant to rule 49.13.