Zirka Jakibchuk

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member alleging professional misconduct and incompetence.

The Member received three consecutive unsatisfactory performance appraisals due to deficiencies in program planning, assessment, classroom management, and failure to accommodate students with learning needs.

The Member admitted to the facts and acknowledged incompetence.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission, finding the Member incompetent and ordering terms, conditions, and limitations on his Certificate of Qualification and Registration, including mandatory coursework and performance appraisals upon return to teaching.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct after being criminally convicted of aggravated assault, break and enter with intent, and assault with a weapon.

The offences occurred off-duty when the member forcibly entered a residence and violently assaulted two individuals with a knife.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, finding that the member's egregious and violent conduct was fundamentally incompatible with the teaching profession.

The member's certificate of qualification and registration was revoked, and he was issued a reprimand.

The member, a former teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct relating to his sexual abuse of a former student and providing the student with alcohol and cigarettes while the student was a minor.

The member had previously been convicted criminally of indecent assault for the same conduct.

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

The Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and that his Certificate of Qualification and Registration be revoked.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct after showing a PowerPoint presentation containing offensive terms and subsequently using a racial slur during a classroom discussion about inappropriate language.

The member pled guilty to the allegations, admitting that her conduct was culturally insensitive and caused considerable discomfort to students.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and engaging in disgraceful and dishonourable conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the member to complete a course on appropriate communication and cultural sensitivity.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for persistently asking a student to join his personal band, making inappropriate comments to students, and surreptitiously taking pictures of students and a colleague.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and joint submission on penalty, finding the Member guilty of verbal and psychological abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member was reprimanded, suspended for three months, and ordered to complete a course on professional boundaries before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who was criminally convicted of sexually assaulting a former student he had coached.

The member did not attend the hearing but entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, admitting to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and a written reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member following his criminal convictions for sexual assault and sexual exploitation of several students and individuals.

The member admitted to the allegations and pled guilty to professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of students.

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

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and that his certificate of qualification and registration be immediately revoked.

The Member brought a motion to adjourn her discipline hearing until it could be held in person rather than electronically.

The College consented to the adjournment but requested conditions restricting the Member's ability to teach during the delay.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment and imposed the requested conditions, finding that the indefinite delay increased the risk to the public of the Member continuing to teach while allegations of incompetence remained unresolved.

The Committee also set a schedule for the remainder of the hearing to prevent further undue delay.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who pled guilty to three counts of extortion under the Criminal Code involving three former intimate partners.

The member admitted to harassing, threatening, and extorting the partners, including threatening to distribute intimate images and making unfounded complaints to a regulatory body.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting the conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a written reprimand and the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct including the sexual abuse of three students.

The Member had engaged in inappropriate online sexual communications with the students and was criminally convicted of luring a child to commit sexual exploitation.

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

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act for sexual abuse, the Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to revoke her certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the member.

The parties agreed to the withdrawal in exchange for the member's undertaking to irrevocably resign, surrender his teaching certificate, and never seek reinstatement or teach in Ontario again.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding it was in the public interest given the member's undertaking and the significant evidentiary challenges that would have made obtaining a finding of professional misconduct difficult.

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 pleaded guilty to professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student, following a criminal conviction for sexual assault.

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

Pursuant to the mandatory revocation provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered a written reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate.

The Member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing after lifting a student off the ground out of frustration when the student failed to follow directions.

The Member had previously been found guilty of criminal assault for the same incident and received an absolute discharge.

At the discipline hearing, the Member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct, including physical abuse of a student and failing to maintain the standards of the profession.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and noting that the Member had already voluntarily completed remedial coursework in classroom management and boundaries.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after she asked teenage students to use their personal social media accounts to contact her ex-partner and pose as adults.

She also used vulgar and inappropriate language with the students.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the member to complete a course on professional boundaries.

The Member, an occasional teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making inappropriate and insensitive comments to students regarding their sexual orientation, ethnicities, and relationship status.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of failing to maintain professional standards, verbal and psychological abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete coursework on professional boundaries and cultural sensitivity.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after submitting 48 false health and drug benefit claims totalling over $42,000 to her employer's benefits provider.

She had previously pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of using a forged document and repaid the defrauded amount.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a 12-month suspension of her teaching certificate, and a condition requiring the completion of an ethics course before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct.

The member admitted to belittling a student in front of the class and making inappropriate physical contact with another student on a school bus.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical and psychological abuse.

The Committee ordered a reprimand and required the member to complete a course on classroom management and appropriate communication.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to adequately supervise students in his auto shop class.

He regularly permitted students to leave without permission and drive vehicles in and out of the shop.

On one occasion, three students left in a car without permission and were involved in a single-car collision.

The Member failed to intercept their departure and failed to immediately report the accident to the school administration.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of a course on classroom management and effective supervision.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in a sexual relationship with a student.

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

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration.